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Midla rd goes to school to boost economic development I Charlotte Business Journal <br />6/24/1112:23 PM <br />Woodson may benefit because it has defined a niche market. Low tuition rates also could help attract <br />students. But private institutions must rely heavily on donors and tuition dollars to meet their bottom line. <br />-ts definitely a competitive world out there," Voorhees says. <br />Faculty recruitment will playa key role in the university success, says Jane Shaw, president of the Iahn <br />William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. The Raleigh -based nonprofit is dedicated to improving <br />higher education around the nation. <br />Another challenge is to create a rigorous, quality academic program that will attract students. <br />4f they can provide that it might succeed," Shaw says. <br />Fleming anticipates between 25 and 50 students will enroll in its first two degree programs this fall. <br />Those programs are a Christian leadership and management degree and its Christian teacher - education <br />program, which has a concentration on Montessori education. <br />He expects to have 75 enrolled by 2013. Thats when the university anticipates it will become accredited <br />by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, a nationally recognized accrediting <br />body based in Virginia. That would make students eligible for federal financial aid. <br />The university also would explore adding its masters and doctoral programs at that time. Additional <br />programs will be added based on demand. Ale want to make sure we have strategic growth," Fleming <br />says. <br />jenniferthomas @bizjournals.com <br />fittp: / /www,Wjourna 15 _com /charlotte /print - edition/ 2011 /06/24/ Midland - goes -to- school -to- boost - economic, html ?s -print Page 3 of 3 <br />