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Higher and Continuing Education
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The university
that now bears the city’s name was founded
in 1895 as Fairmount College by the
Congregational Church. It became the first
municipal university west of the Mississippi
River in 1926 when its charter passed to the
City of Wichita. Today,
Wichita State
University
is a flourishing public university of 15,000
students, and the only metropolitan
university in the state system of higher
education overseen by the Kansas State Board
of Regents.
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WSU is a true urban
university whose mission is to meet
the educational, social, cultural
and business needs of Kansas’
largest city. The faculty is
exceptional. About 90 percent of all
professors and instructors have
doctoral or terminal degrees. The
full-time faculty numbers about 479,
with approximately 41 additional
teachers serving in a part-time
capacity. Together, they make for a
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The curriculum is rich in offerings,
with 60 degree programs in more than 200
areas of study in six undergraduate colleges
(arts and sciences, engineering, fine arts,
education, business and health professions)
and four associate’s degree programs. The
graduate school offers 44 master’s degrees,
10 doctoral programs and three specialist
degree programs in more than 100 areas of
study. The WSU campus, located approximately
three miles northeast of downtown Wichita,
spreads over more than 330 acres with 65
buildings for higher learning. Nearly 70
outdoor sculptures adorn the campus with a
collection that is one of the finest of its
types in the country.
The university has taken its programs
and services to the community at large
through outreach centers located in
downtown, west and south Wichita. The
downtown center, located at 127 North
Market, brings credit classes and workshops
scheduled on weekends and evenings, as well
as during the day, to the business
community. The center also offers contract
training services, non-credit seminars,
customized computer training and free
informational programs.
Friends
University
is a comprehensive liberal arts institution
founded in 1898. It continues to provide a
welcoming Christian environment for students
of all ages. Today, Friends is the largest,
fastest-growing independent university in
Kansas, with an enrollment of approximately
2,800 students. This outstanding growth is
due in part to academic programs of quality
and substance, to experienced faculty
committed to personal attention for every
student and to innovative programs that meet
the needs of students.
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Friends is organized into three
colleges: arts and sciences,
business, and continuing education.
The university offers one
associate’s degree program, 46
bachelor’s degree programs and nine
master’s degree programs. In
addition to four-year traditional
undergraduate programs, Friends has
created several accelerated
degree-completion programs to help
working adults finish degree
requirements while maintaining
full-time employment. In fact, just
52 to 63 weeks of study - combined
with previous college credits and
applicable work experience - can
lead to the degree completion. These
programs embrace human resource
management, computer information
systems, total quality management,
business management and criminal
justice, and new this year,
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As its name implies, Friends
University’s heritage is Quaker. The
university’s mission calls for serving
people of all denominations. In the 1930s,
governance of the institution was vested in
an independent board of trustees. The
university continues to operate in an
amicable but independent relationship with
the Society of Friends.
Newman
University
was founded in 1933 as a Catholic two-year
teacher’s academy. Newman is now a four-year
coeducational liberal arts university in the
academic tradition of Cardinal John Henry
Newman. Cardinal Newman emphasized the
liberal arts steadied by the influence of
Christian values.
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The university awards six
associate’s degrees, 27 bachelor’s
degrees, pre-professional degrees in
seven academic areas, and four
master’s degree programs. These
degrees come in five broad academic
divisions: business and computer
information systems; education;
humanities and social science;
nursing and science, mathematics and
allied health. More than 2,000
students are enrolled at Newman
University, representing 24 states
and 12 foreign countries. They are
taught by 80 full-time and 200
part-time faculty members. Student
faculty ratio is 14:1, with an
average class size of 13 students. |
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The
University of Kansas School of
Medicine-Wichita
is a community-based medical school,
providing clinical training for about 120
junior and senior medical students each
year. These students have completed two
years of basic science courses at the
University of Kansas Medical Center in
Kansas City before coming to Wichita.
In Wichita, these medical students will
participate in the ongoing care of patients
under the supervision of about 60 full-time
faculty, supported by another 60 part-time
faculty. Additionally, more than 925
physicians in the Wichita health care
community donate their time to the training
of these students.
University of Kansas School of
Medicine-Wichita regularly ranks among the
top 10 medical schools in the United States
whose focus is primary care. Twelve
different residency programs are based in
the community’s hospitals and clinics. The
medical school is also a caregiver, serving
patients in a care center on its midtown
campus as well as at satellite clinics
scattered throughout the city.
Baker University’s
Wichita campus, in northeast Wichita, offers
associate of arts, bachelor of business
administration and master of business
administration degrees. Baker’s programs are
designed with the needs of working adult
students in mind, meeting once a week in a
seminar format.
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Butler
County Community College
has been very
aggressive in its service to
students, traditional and adult,
throughout Butler and Sedgwick
counties. The college combines
academic courses leading to
associate degrees as well as
continuing education classes in
dozens of occupational fields. The
college stresses the quality of its
instruction and the convenience and
affordability of its courses. |
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Cowley
County Community College
has a Wichita presence
in Sedgwick County as well. The Southside
Education Center, which houses WATC, Cowley
and Wichita State, offers innovative
programs and partnerships. Students may
enter a program that trains them to become
certified Microsoft NT instructors. Cowley
also has a cooperative program with Wichita
State University that allows students to
take pre-engineering classes through Cowley,
then transfer them into a bachelor’s program
in engineering through WSU.
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Southwestern
College Professional Studies and SC
Online
offers working adults the
opportunity to complete their
bachelor’s degree in an environment
that fits around their job and
family commitments. Six-week courses
can be taken either online, or in
the classroom at one of our three
sites in Wichita.
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This regionally accredited college
offers majors in a variety of areas focusing
on business, technology, public service and
security management. All instructors hold at
least a master’s degree, and all have
extensive real-world experience in their
respective fields. What students learn in
class today, they can apply on the job
tomorrow.
Southwestern College Professional
Studies also has an ongoing commitment to
corporate partnerships throughout the
region. Our faculty can design and deliver
customized corporate training programs in a
variety of fields. We routinely provide
onsite training for certifications in APICS,
ASQ, Six Sigma, ISM and SME, and other
certificate programs can be developed upon
request.
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Tabor
College,
a four-year Christian liberal arts
institution, is interested in men
and women who are academically
prepared and qualified to do college
work, and are willing to become
involved in the type of community
life offered at Tabor College.
Tabor College educates students by
integrating faith, learning, and
living in a distinctly Christian
environment. Tabor encourages
students to seek knowledge, to
develop leadership skills, and to
strive for academic success. The
goal is to graduate students who are
professionally competent and who
will provide leadership in the
Church and world.
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Founded in St. Louis,
MO.,
Vatterott College
has grown to 16 campuses throughout the
Midwest. The student population of Vatterott
College has diversified over the past 30
years and now ranges from recent high school
graduates to adults retraining for new
careers or seeking to update their technical
skills for their current jobs. Vatterott
College offers employers short-term
customized training to upgrade employee
skills. Vatterott College of Wichita offers
career training in: computer programming,
heating-air conditioning-refrigeration and
computer technology and networking.
All courses are fully accredited by the
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and
Colleges of Technology. The emphasis at
Vatterott College is on each student
success; therefore, small classes, hands-on
training, a choice of class times, and
career services can be expected.
Webster
University,
located at McConnell Air Force Base since
1976, is one of more than 100 worldwide
campuses, including 55 military bases, of
the St. Louis-based university. In 2000,
Webster University moved into a new
multimillion dollar, state-of-the-art
education facility at McConnell AFB. the
needs of professional working adults.
Students can earn the master of business
administration degree, or master of arts
degrees in business, computer resources and
information management, human resources
management, human resources development or
management. Both military and civilian
students are welcome. Webster University is
accredited by The Higher Learning Commission
and is a member of the North Central
Association of Schools and Colleges.
The
Wichita Area Technical College (WATC)
serves the Wichita community by providing
hands-on job skills specific to the careers
its 22,000 students want and the business
community needs. With a reputation for
turning classroom learning experiences into
highly sought-after skills and marketable
credentials, the WATC offers students an
educational choice that successfully
prepares them for entrance in the workforce.
The WATC combines a challenging
academic education with sophisticated lab
facilities, career counseling, job placement
assistance and full program certification.
The college offers day and evening classes
at seven sites in the Wichita community with
students earning certificates, diplomas and
associate’s degrees.
The WATC also links directly with
community businesses to assure that employee
work skills are honed and refined. Working
with business leaders, the WATC’s training
staff design and deliver the customized
training companies need to keep their
workforce on the cutting-edge of the labor
market.
Established in 1954,
Wichita Technical
Institute
provides hands-on training programs in
electronics and computer technology. WTI
programs enable students to become
employable in the electronics field of their
choice upon graduation and the knowledge and
experience they gained at WTI often enhances
the opportunity for rapid advancement on the
job.
In addition to electronics and computer
technology, WTI has customized training
programs for industry. WTI is accredited by
The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools
and Colleges of Technology, is licensed by
the State of Kansas and is approved for
veterans training. In late 2003 WTI moved
into new, high tech facilities in South
Wichita.
Founded in St. Louis, Missouri,
Vatterott
College has grown to 16 campuses througout
the midwest. The Student population of
Vatterott has diversified over the past 30
years and now ranges from the recent high
school graduates to adults retraining for
new careers or seeking to update their
technical skills for their current jobs.
Vatterott offers employers short-term
customized training to upgrade employee
skills.
The
Kansas College of
Chinese Medicine,
certified by the Kansas State Board of
Regents, was founded in 1997 by Qizhi Gao,
D.O.M., Dipl. Ac & CH (NCCAOM), to bring
Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine education to
the Mid-West. The College facility and its
affiliate clinic, Evergreen Wellness Center,
are both located in Wichita, Kansas. As the
second most populated area of the state,
Wichita is an excellent location to serve
students from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska,
Oklahoma, and Arkansas. KCCM offers
Certificate and Diploma Programs in Oriental
Bodywork, Acupuncture, and Herbal Medicine.
These programs are based on the fundamental
concept that health is achieved when the
body and mind are in a state of equilibrium.
At
Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University,
what we do best is teach the science,
practice, and business of aviation,
aerospace, and selected related
technologies.
We offer more than 35 degree programs at
residential campuses in Daytona Beach,
Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, and at more
than 130 Extended Campus learning centers
for working professionals throughout the
United States and Europe. Embry-Riddle also
provides distance education, or online
learning, around the globe.
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