Yorktown University Newsletter
February 17, 2009

Accreditation of New MBA Degree Program

MBA in Entrepreneurship Programs

Yorktown University Faculty and Trustees are pleased to announce that on January 13 Yorktown University received notice from the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council of approval to offer the accredited Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship.  The Distance Education and Training Council is chartered by the U.S. Department of Education

The M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship is a twelve course, 36 credit degree program, constructed around five "core" courses:

• Introduction to Entrepreneurship focuses on basic skills necessary for this degree program.  They include mastery of Microsoft Excel and the fundamentals of accounting as well as narrative texts that introduce you to the spirit of enterprise.  Knowledge and character skills are essential for successful entrepreneurship and Introduction to Entrepreneurship is designed to develop your knowledge and character.  Dr. Debbie Evercloud is the developer and instructor for this course.
• Accounting for Decision Making taught by Professor George Wentworth is a graduate accounting course that prepares you to perform basic financial management duties you must master in order to own your own company.  We next introduce you to Statistics and Quantitative Methods followed by a core course in Marketing and a course in Entrepreneurship.
• Statistics and Quantitative Methods is taught by Dr. Lewis Pringle,  former head of BBDO Europe.  A MIT trained mathematician, Dr. Pringle is a master of survey research and statistical methods that can help every business enterprise develop a successful marketing program.
• Marketing Management teaches the principles and practice of marketing management and the application of survey research to developing a successful marketing plan.  Dr. Lewis Pringle teaches this course also.
• Entrepreneurship taught by Dr. Joseph Roberts, engages you in the development of a business plan that you may finance through a Small Business Administration business loan. 

MBA Tuition cost is $375 per credit course.  Each course earns  3-credits.

Accreditation of the BA and AA in Business Degree Programs

Yorktown University is pleased to announce that on January 26, 2009 we received word from the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council that two undergraduate degree programs were approved.

If you've never taken undergraduate courses in Business Administration, Yorktown University's newly accredited B.A. in Business Administration and Associate of Arts in Business degree programs welcome you to take individual undergraduate courses or complete the B.A. or Associate Arts in Business degree programs.

We welcome new students to these programs, and to the many students who have expressed interest in earning a Master's degree in Government, but never took courses in Government and Economics, we ask you to consider earning a Certificate in Political Economy, the American Founding or Political Theory.  Qualified students completing one or more of those Certificate programs may enroll in the M.A. in Government degree program.

            Political Economy
            American Founding
            Political Theory
            Early College

Dontquitu.com!

These are challenging times for most Americans and not least Americans enrolled in courses and degree programs at traditional institutions.  Yorktown University has initiated a new Website for students of all ages who may be facing some very difficult decisions this year.  Visit http://dontquitu.com news and information about the current financial crisis is posted daily.

Yorktown University's Webcasts!

Thanks to our friends at the State Policy Network, in September Yorktown University discovered BlogTalkRadio.  Now we hold weekly discussions with Yorktown University Faculty that may be accessed at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Yorktown-University and http://dontquitu.com  

We also post these discussions at www.iTunes.com where last year we commenced posting podcasts of lectures from thirty-one seminars and courses offered at Yorktown University.

Every Wednesday (with some exceptions) we Webcast a discussion from Yorktown University's Faculty lounge.

Here's a schedule of recent and upcoming Webcasts:

Recent Webcasts from Yorktown University Faculty Lounge

Jan 7              Dr. Michael Sanera, American Public Administration 
Jan 8              Dr. Gregory Browne, The Progressives 
Jan 14            Dr. Lewis Pringle, Marketing as a Career 
Jan 21:           Dr. Christian Kopff—Introduction to the Bible
Feb 11:           Dr. James Gustafson—Philosophy and the Quest for Truth

Upcoming Webcasts from Yorktown University Faculty Lounge

Feb 25            Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian, Children's Literature
Mar 4:             Dr. Joseph Roberts, Entrepreneurship
Mar 11:           Dr. Joseph Martino, Just Wars   
Mar 18:           Edward Levinson, History of Architecture 
Mar 22:           Dr. David Mulroy, Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome       
Mar 25:           Dr. Charles W. Miller, Frontier America 
April 1:            Dr. Thomas Payne, Constitutional Law     
April 8:            Dr. Arthur Pontynen, History of Art 
April 15:          John Hilston, The Banking Crisis!   

Council of College and Military Educators' Conference

Yorktown University Director of Admissions, Christopher Evans, represented Yorktown University at the Council of College and Military Educators' conference
In Honolou, Hawaii from January 26-29.

This annual event of military Education Service Officers enabled Yorktown University to make its first presentation to the many ESOs attending this event.

Yorktown University offers members of the U.S. military and their dependents access to Yorktown University courses, certificate and degree programs at tuition levels equal to military TA benefits.

Yorktown University at National Association of Scholars

On Saturday, February 11, the National Association of Scholars invited Dr. Richard Bishirjian to speak to the topic of The Changing Economic and Technical Landscape of Higher Education.  Click here to view a video of Dr. Bishirjian's presentation.

Dr. Bishirjian's remarks were preceded by a series of questions asked by moderator Dr. Herbert London.  You may view Dr. London's remarks by clicking here.

Guest Editorial at the Yorktown Patriot

Click here to read [Bipartisanship, Post partisanship, and Realignment  an exclusive essay posted at the Yorktown Patriot by Dr. Angelo Codevilla, Photo a distinguished national security scholar and political theorist.  Dr. Codevilla argues that American national politics is now undergoing an historic realignment in which statists dominate the executive branch, what he calls the "party of the Court," and by opponents of the administrative state elected to the U.S. Congress.  This does not bode well for those who expected a different realignment in 1980 or 1994, but the growth of the party of the Court is rooted in major currents in American culture and politics.