The Adult Education Master’s Degree program is having a recruitment plan to get more people from A&T interested.

The two-year program so far has set up booths during Homecoming and did radio announcements. They will have a recruitment fair on different campuses around the Guilford County Diaspora which will provide information.

The Adult Education Program is for older people with a need to go back to school. The program caters to adults because once you reach a certain level of experience you develop your own philosophy.

32-year-old student Angela Rains, with a concentration in Human Resource Development, is one of the people who are part of the recruitment plan for Adult Education.

“I love the program, it allows the learners to be its’ own individual,” she said.

Students can take the skills that they learn and put them into action in their own communities. Many students who graduated from the program are successfully working at this institution.

Burner-Dean Chapman, a professor in the school of education, AED division, introduced the idea of the recruitment plan in her Organization Administration Supervision class. Chapman explained how some of her students would implement that the program is one of the best kept secrets in the school of education.

“The recruitment plan is for promoting pro-actively what we are doing with this program,” Chapman said.

Her goal is to make sure more students are aware about the program and what opportunities you have offered for you when graduating from this program.

The Adult Education Program started in 1976 with B.J. Harris, who was the full-time professor at that time and Chapman became the successor as the next Adult Education professor.

Adult education offers human resource development, instructional technology, higher education and community education.The requirements for the program are a 3.0 gpa, a bachelor’s degree, an interest letter and two reference letters.

Financial aid is also available for those who need it.

The two-year program consists of 36 hours, 21 being your core adult-education classes and 15 in your concentration. It offers classes in the summer, spring and fall.

The classes all begin at 6 p.m. due to people’s work schedule. They are mostly held in Hodgins Hall, sometimes Webb Hall and McNair. Graduate studies are all located Gibbs.

The professors are very understanding with students who have children. If you have no one to watch your children while you are in class you are able to bring them along with you.

The program has been around for awhile and is now implementing on grabbing students attention about this program.

“I’m very positive about the program,” said Titania Nix, who has a concentration in community education.

• Aasiya Townsell-Intern