YSU puts off credit plan for military

By HAROLD GWIN

gwin@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University has temporarily delayed a plan to offer college credit for military training, schooling and certifications for veterans who enroll at the university.

There were plans to implement the program this summer, but the General Education Committee of the YSU Academic Senate has withdrawn its certification of the program.

Julia Gergits, committee chairwoman and YSU’s general-education coordinator, said a check with the Ohio Board of Regents determined that the regents board is looking at creating its own plan to offer college credit for military service.

YSU needs to know what the regents plan to do before it launches its own program to make sure there are no conflicts, Gergits said.

The regents policy won’t be available until this summer, she said.

This is only a temporary delay for YSU, Gergits said, predicting that her committee will likely come back to the Academic Senate with essentially the same plan outlined in March.

The original proposal came from YSU’s Veteran Affairs/Academic Planning Committee, which recommended the implementation delay, she said.

Under the plan, veterans could be granted up to 18 credit-hours based on level of training and length of service. The university’s coordinator of veterans affairs would be responsible for reviewing all requests for military credits to ensure eligibility.