Skagit Valley College bachelor’s degree program featured for advancing access, equity, outcomes
Skagit Valley College’s Bachelor of Applied Science in Business Administration (BASAM) was recently featured in “20 Promising Practices to Advance Quality, Equity, and Success in Community College Baccalaureate Degree Programs,” an e-book published by the Community College Baccalaureate Association.
“The BASAM program feature highlights the phenomenal cross-college collaboration that has taken place in taking this program and the underlying concepts from ideas to reality to make a bachelor in management degree a possibility for our local community” said BAS-Applied Management instructor and Program Chair Sunaina Virendra. “It makes me so proud to be part of an institution that makes this kind of work and impact possible.”
The e-book describes promising practices implemented by community colleges conferring baccalaureate degrees in the U.S. and was led by the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA), a national council committed to growing high quality, equitable community college baccalaureate (CCB) degrees.
Of the 20 promising practices mentioned in the e-book, the BASAM program is featured in “Access, Equity, and Outcomes” for its 360 Equity Design.
Known as the learning lab for the 21st century place, BASAM equips students with an integrated view of management functions that incorporates critical reasoning, an awareness of culture bound assumptions, individually contextualized professionalism and discipline knowledge, in a way that supports timely completion.
BASAM is grounded in "Equity 360": a multi-dimensional approach to embedding principles of equity into every aspect of the program from entry requirements and instruction to completion, labor market, and graduate studies.
Now entering its fifth year, BASAM is a two-year, 90-credit career-oriented program that is designed for those who have completed an associate degree and who are interested in management careers. The program has two tracks: general management, and health care management.
For more program information, visit skagit.edu/basam. To read the e-book, go to accbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CCBA-Ebook.pdf.
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Skagit Valley College is making a difference throughout Skagit, Island, and San Juan counties by providing access to higher education for all who seek a better future. Part of what makes our college special is that we are deeply committed to equity in access, achievement, and community. Whether you are training for a new job, beginning your college experience, finishing the degree you started, adding English language skills, or pursuing a high school credential, Skagit Valley College welcomes you.