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Two Colleges Compete for Saline County, Kan., Students.
Byline: Tim Unruh
Aug. 24--CONCORDIA, Kan.--If Kansas State University-Salina won't let other institutions offer academic programs to compete in Saline County, Cloud County Community College President George Knox intends to surround it.
The two-year college based in Concordia is reaching out, offering classes in Minneapolis, Ellsworth, Solomon, Abilene, Manhattan (under certain restrictions) and Junction City.
Knox has vowed to establish an academic center in western Dickinson County within a year, making it easier for Saline County students to access college courses and degree programs from that institution.
The Saline-Dickinson county line is 10 miles east of Salina.
Knox said Cloud County Community College "exists to serve students, but we're prohibited by state law to have a presence in Saline County."
Actually, state law says it's up to KSU-Salina to decide whether another state institution can offer courses here. Dennis Kuhlman, dean of KSU-Salina, said the school isn't interested in Cloud County or any other school offering the same menu as K-State.
"We are going to handle the higher education needs in Saline County," he said. "We need to have junior colleges to provide education to the state, but we need to be careful not to duplicate our services."
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