Sinclair College & Miami U. team up

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Two major colleges announced a plan to team up to provide Ohio and the Dayton region with a more competitive workforce.

Sinclair Community College and Miami University's Regional Campuses officials said they want to focus on the vital and growing field of Health Information Technology.

The agreement is designed to improve service to students of both institutions by increasing the number of adults with meaningful workplace credentials and to ultimately increase the number of Ohioans with bachelor's degrees. The initial agreement will focus on the growing field of Health Information Technology, a field expected to grow by 20% in the next five years.

It's a relatively new field and students need skills in technical support, database administration, data analysis and software testing, as well as in human health fundamentals in hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies, education environments and government agencies.

Under the new agreement, students can spend the first two years at Sinclair, with an enrollment of over 28,000 and then transfer to one of Miami University's regional campuses in Middletown or Hamilton to complete a bachelor's degree program in Health Information Technology.