The next step

in the process of assessing and meeting the needs of the community, and

ultimately bringing academic courses to Fayette County, is a printed reply

card survey that will run as an insert in today's Fayette Citizen.

Information

from the two surveys will be used to present a proposal to the USG this

spring... a proposal to begin academic classes in Peachtree City, possibly

as soon as the fall 2003 semester.

From Nov. 7,

2002 to Dec. 13, 2002, Clayton State conducted a random telephone survey

among 210 Fayette County residents.

No less than

143 of the respondents said that someone in their family would be interested

in taking undergraduate college courses for credit in the upcoming year.

Although interest

was expressed in 14 different majors - everything from Music to Psychology

-- the most interest was shown for core education courses, the University's

Integrative Studies program (a general bachelor's degree program), Business,

Health Care Management and Clayton State's new Media and Communication

Studies degree.

The Fayette

County Higher Education Center officially opened Oct. 1 in the Peachtree

City Tennis Center at 10 Planterra Way, Peachtree City.

While the Fayette

County Center initially focused on non-credit Continuing Education courses,

along with the efforts of Clayton State's Small Business Development Center's

(SBDC) entrepreneurial services, Clayton State's plans from the very beginning

included offering academic courses in Peachtree City as soon as was feasible,

which in this case meant following the on-going market research to determine

the needs of the local population, and approval by the University System.

Partners in

the Fayette County Center include Clayton State, the Fayette County Development

Authority, the Development Authority of Peachtree City, the Peachtree

City Tennis Center, Newnan Utilities, Peachtree City, Fayette County Commission

and the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce.

Clayton College

& State University, "Your University" for Atlanta's "Southern

Crescent," is a state university of the University System of Georgia,

located in Morrow.

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