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Argosy University Vice President for Academic Affairs Kathryn Tooredman and Brown Mackie College (BMC) Vice President for Academic Affairs Richard M. Thome have signed an agreement that will permit BMC - Tucson graduates from the Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice to be considered for entry into the Master of Arts Degree in Forensic Counseling at Argosy University, Phoenix Campus.
Argosy University, Phoenix Campus President Bart Lerner explained, "This would be a great help to both schools. It would provide a smooth help us increase the enrollment for the Argosy University Forensic Psychology program, and it would help BMC increase their placement into graduate programs on the career side."
While this agreement was prompted by the good relations between these two particular campuses, there is a broader interest at Argosy, a regionally accredited university, in partnering with nationally accredited institutions recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Such partnerships simplify the transfer of credits and academic degrees into our institutions. Before the agreement, this was a complicated and time-consuming process for individual applicants, university program chairs and college deans, and is currently accomplished person-by-person and program-by-program.
"Based on the smooth and productive way in which the agreement with Brown Mackie was accomplished, I am looking forward to our process going forward. It will save time and ease the way for more students to move seamlessly to Argosy University," said Tooredman.
The most important considerations for accepting transfer credits and recognizing earned degrees between institutions with different types of accreditation are faculty qualifications, degree of comparability between courses and the applicability of credits earned elsewhere to current programs of study. Therefore, Argosy University is pursuing partnerships starting with its sister schools and campuses within our parent corporation Education Management Corporation that are often feeders to its campuses within a state.
"This meets a real need for Brown Mackie College graduates," observed Thome. "Our Criminal Justice graduates are ready for work, but a portion does have the desire to move directly into a graduate program, and a very unique one, at that. We couldn't be more pleased that the review process resulted in additional educational opportunities for these graduates. In fact, we are interested in considering additional links into graduate education at Argosy where the campuses meet similar requirements."
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