JAMESTOWN -- Students who aren't academically ready to attend North Carolina A&T University will now have another option when it comes to their education.

A new partnership between Guilford Technical Community College and N.C. A&T will streamline the process for students to earn their bachelor's degree. But it's not just school administrators who see the benefits.

“There are smaller class sizes and you get more one-on-one time with the teachers so that's pretty good versus a big university,” Mavis Nyako, a nursing major, said.

And getting more education beyond their associate’s degree is always a possibility.

“It never hurts to have more education, so I definitely want to BSN and a MSN when I get done with everything so I want more education,” Jacquie Mawoneke, also a nursing major, said.

But getting another degree after going to GTCC just got easier, thanks to a new partnership with North Carolina A&T.

“Another way to enter higher education and we think this will help students to continue with their education in school instead of going back home and saying, 'what am I going to do now?'” Dr. Donald Cameron, president of Guilford Technical Community College, said.

Officials sat the goal is to get students who aren't academically ready for A&T the opportunity to improve their academic performance.

“They will be prepared, they will work out the kinks, they will do all the basic requirements, they will actually earn an associate's degree,” A&T chancellor Dr. Stanley Battle said. "Once they are prepared, they can matriculate to North Carolina A&T."

Right now, school administrators identified 70 students who are eligible to take part in this new partnership.

“They have the skills and talent and ability to be successful with the right nurturing, the right tutoring and more concentration on their academic skills,” Cameron said.

And those are opportunities current GTCC students see the benefits of.

“If you didn't have that opportunity, you may not go to school," nursing major Renee Kitching said. "So just being able to come to a community college to get that education then go to the school of your choice is a great advantage for everybody."