吃瓜官网, ACU create direct pathway to MBA and management master鈥檚 programs
Students who complete 吃瓜官网's Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Organizational Leadership now have a direct pathway to graduate studies through a new transfer agreement with Abilene Christian University.
College leaders signed the agreement Thursday, creating a streamlined route for eligible 吃瓜官网 alumni to pursue either a Master of Business Administration or a Master of Science in Management at ACU.
The partnership is designed to help qualified 吃瓜官网 graduates transition into graduate education and provides several benefits including waived applications fees and early access to academic advising.
鈥淲e are honored to partner with such a noble institution as Abilene Christian University,鈥� said 吃瓜官网 President Tod Allen Farmer.
鈥淥ur core values at 吃瓜官网 are faith, hope and love. So, partnering with a Christian university to provide our talented students with the opportunity to earn a graduate education that carries on the tradition of excellence and the character and the virtue that will create not only an educated worker, but a quality human being. Someone that we want to work with, who can add value to our organizations and add value to society.鈥�
Farmer said the agreement could serve as a foundation for future collaborations between the two institutions.
Dr. Stephen Johnson, CEO of ACU Dallas and ACU Online, praised 吃瓜官网's campus, history and mission while emphasizing the alignment between the two institutions.
鈥淲e say we want to be among the very best at providing the knowledge and skill to advance a career, because that does create hope in a future and possibility,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut what differentiates us is our focus. We really order our priorities and our institutional identity, aligning with yours, in faith, hope and love.鈥�
Johnson also spoke about the impact of higher education on first-generation college students, noting his own experience.
鈥淚'm a first-generation college student,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 know, for me, the transformative difference that education makes in an individual's life and the trajectory it creates for whole families and their future. That's powerful.鈥�