Higher Education

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In cooperation with the National Fire Academy (NFA) and a Group of Stakeholder from Virginia's Community College System and Private Colleges Virginia Department of FIre Programs has lead the charge to assist Virginia Fire Fighters in excelling in higher education opportunities.

As a result of this group's work, a general consensus was agreed upon to be the pioneers in accepting the NFA model for higher education. On the attached links you will find various colleges in the Commonwealth that offer Fire Science degree programs to assists Virginia's Fire Service community with furthering their goals and objectives.

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VIRGINIA WESTERN
The Community's College


Virginia Department of Fire Programs joins a select number of organizations that have added value to their training courses through college credit recommendations as a result of a review conducted on November 30 and December 1, 2005 by the American Council on Education's (ACE) College Credit Recommendation Service. The 20 VDFP courses total 52 semester hours of college credit in four (4) areas; Vocational Certificate, Lower Division Baccalaureate/Associate, Upper Division Baccalaureate, and Graduate Level course offerings. The 20 NFA courses submitted for review were accepted as presented for equivalency semesters hours being offered by NFA.

To view the ACE College Credit Recommendation Service review completed in November 2005 and a copy of the Media Release in December 2005, click on the links below.

ACE College Credit Recommendation Service in PPT

ACE Media release in .pdf format

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