Contact: Jim Gardner, Executive Director of University Communications, (973) 596-3433

NEWARK-Tuesday, November 25, 1997-The presidents of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Bergen Community College (BCC) signed a Joint Admissions Agreement today that allows BCC students to simultaneously earn an associate's degree and meet degree requirements for the first two years toward a bachelor's degree at NJIT. Upon graduation from BCC, students can transfer to NJIT as juniors in one of 10 designated bachelor's degree programs.

"This is great for BCC students and for NJIT," agreed Dr. Judith Winn, President of BCC, and Dr. Saul K. Fenster, President of NJIT.

"Bergen County area students can stay close to home, go to a quality community college and be assured that all courses and all credits they take in accordance with the Joint Admissions Agreement will count toward their associate's degree and transfer to NJIT," Fenster said.

Students can earn an Associate in Science in computer science and continue studies toward a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science or a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at NJIT. An Associate in Business Administration will transfer to a Bachelor of Science in Management at NJIT. And an Associate in Engineering Science will count toward the first two years of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering at NJIT.

These "articulated" degree programs will help small firms and large companies in Bergen County and the surrounding area meet the growing need for graduates in the high-technology fields of computing and engineering and also the areas of management analysis and consulting. Many such talented NJIT graduates and current students are already fully employed in Bergen county and the region.

NJIT is a public research university enrolling nearly 8,200 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in 76 degree programs through its five colleges: Newark College of Engineering, School of Architecture, College of Science and Liberal Arts, the School of Management and the Albert Dorman Honors College. Research initiatives include manufacturing, microelectronics, transportation, computer science, solar astrophysics, environmental engineering and science, and architecture and building science. U.S. News and World Report's 1998 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT among the top 175 national universities. Money Magazine's Best College Buys 1998 rated NJIT as the sixth best value among U.S. science and technology schools.

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