Higher Learning Commission approves UC teach-out plan for MSU - WOWK 13 Charleston, Huntington WV News, Weather, Sports

The Higher Learning Commission Monday approved the teach-out plan submitted by Mountain State University. It approves the University of Charleston as MSU's primary partner.

Both schools released the details last Friday of the teach-out plan. MSU students are encouraged to visit www.ucwv.edu/msustudents to learn more about their options and to enroll for fall classes.

The announcement by the HLC now allows UC to assist MSU in teaching out 37 undergraduate programs and eight graduate programs through May of 2013. UC will now request permission from the HLC to offer many of the MSU programs in Beckley and other MSU locations as UC programs past May 2013. The goal is to replace MSU in Beckley, Martinsburg, and perhaps other sites with permanent UC centers.

"The HLC approval of Mountain State's teach-out plan assures that the University of Charleston can help current MSU students graduate," said UC President Ed Welch in a news release on Monday. "Any student who can complete his or her studies by May can graduate under MSU's requirements with either a Mountain State or a University of Charleston degree. This is great news for MSU students."

Additional materials from both schools will be submitted to the HLC by Sept. 7.

On January 1, 2013, MSU will cease to exist as a institution of higher learning.