The Indiana Department of Education and the state’s faith-based colleges have forged a dual credit agreement that allows students to earn up to 30 credits or one year of college.

State officials said last week the “professional pathway credential” is modeled after Indiana’s College Core program.

A block-credit transfer hasn’t previously been available to all the state’s private faith-based higher education institutions. All the credits of specified general education courses earned will be transferable as a block among the six participating private colleges.

They include Anderson University, Bethel University, Grace College, Huntington University, Indiana Wesleyan University and Taylor University.

The price of the dual credit courses will vary by each institution.

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