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After hiking the Appalachian Trail, Ted Randich made an important decision.
He earned his 4+1 Accelerated Master’s Degree in Community Development and Planning, receiving a fifth-year scholarship. Randich’s experiences on the trail reaffirmed his interest in land conservation. Now he’s working as a Planner with the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
4+1 made the decision pretty easy. I’d be paying tens of thousands of dollars somewhere else for the same degree.