{"242031":{"#nid":"242031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech + Emory = Powerhouse Partnership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe public-private partnership between Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, the state\u0027s only two member schools of the prestigious Association of American Universities, demonstrates an emerging trend in higher education. These kinds of partnerships allow schools to focus on individual core strengths and collaborate with institutions to maximize resources and expertise. For example, The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint department created by Emory\u0027s School of Medicine and the Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering, consistently ranks No. 2 in the nation by \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Emory-Tech partnership offers both graduate and undergraduate degree programs, including PhD and MD programs. For undergrads, a\u0026nbsp;dual-degree program\u0026nbsp;allows students to earn both a B.A. or B.S. degree from Emory College of Arts and Sciences and a B.S. degree in engineering from Georgia Tech. Classes are paid through the student\u0027s home institution and the credit taken at a partnering school is transferred back as resident credit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECross-registration is open only to junior, senior and graduate students. Students may only take courses at Emory that are not offered at Tech during the specific term for which they\u2019re registering. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/registrar.gatech.edu\/registration\/cross\/index.php\u0022\u003EFull instructions for cross-registration\u003C\/a\u003E are available from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/registrar.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EOffice of the Registrar\u003C\/a\u003E; Emory also makes its cross-registration rules available online.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents may choose from a variety of Emory courses on topics such as global health, religion, photography or drama, and can peruse \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/catalog.college.emory.edu\/department-program\/departments\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEmory\u2019s course catalog online\u003C\/a\u003E. Academic advisors can assist students in determining which courses qualify and how cross-registration would fit into their academic timelines.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe public-private partnership between Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology, the state\u0027s only two member schools of the prestigious Association of American Universities, demonstrates an emerging trend in higher education.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2013-10-02 14:22:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:00","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.registrar.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech\\\u0027s Office of the Registrar"},{"url":"http:\/\/catalog.college.emory.edu\/department-program\/departments\/index.html","title":"Emory Online Catalog"}],"groups":[{"id":"1298","name":"Parent and Family Programs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"247","name":"Emory"},{"id":"572","name":"partnership"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Eugenia Snead\u003Cbr \/\u003EGT ARCHE Cross-Registration Coordinator\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.registrar.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.php?send=2323\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ecrossregistration@registrar.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["parents@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}