Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Stay on Track: College students, take 15 credits per semester

Higher education officials are urging college students to complete at least 15 credit hours per semester to stay on track for graduation.  

Young people across West Virginia have begun yet another year on college campuses as they work toward their degrees and pursuing their career goals. In fact, West Virginia University reported a record number of new freshmen enrollments this year — 6,224 of them, to be exact.

As part of the effort to make sure all those freshmen, at WVU and every other institution of higher learning in the state, achieve their goals, the Higher Education Policy Commission is issuing a reminder: Earn at least 15 credits per semester to stay on track for graduation.

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