Purpose: The
foundation of our University’s mission and our individual daily activities
Our University
has an extraordinary purpose. Our University serves those who serve and those
who want to make a difference. We do so by establishing a level playing field
in education, specifically for those who are typically the most underserved:
first-generation college students, active duty military members, veterans,
those who ensure our public safety, budding entrepreneurs, all those who need a
second chance, and all those who never had a first chance. We help them build
successful lives through our unique curriculum and personal mentoring approach.
Armed with these successes, our graduates will have the most impact in
strengthening our nation, and in turn, our world.
We expect our
students to graduate. As such, the focused efforts of each and every individual
staff and faculty member, on an hourly and daily basis, seek to help the
student do so. That is our accountability. That is our pledge.
Affordable: In a world
characterized by rising education costs and unprecedented individual student
debt levels, we deliver exceptional education at one of the most affordable
rates in all of academia. Delivering affordability is not easy, because to
maintain academic quality we cannot cut academic or student service corners. So
we must execute well and exercise creativity and resourcefulness in all our
approaches; measuring, analyzing and holding each other accountable for all
that we do.
American: Our
University is extraordinarily and uniquely American in character and approach.
We believe in the power of an individual, no matter where their starting point,
to become successful and make a difference. We believe in economic freedom and
economic responsibility at the personal and national level, as well as personal
freedom, personal responsibility and personal accountability at the individual
level. Such things are the backbone of the Great American Dream. Our University
is composed of those who have fought for this dream, protected this dream and
achieved this dream. We know very well whom we serve. We ourselves are
first-generation college graduates, successful entrepreneurs, veterans of
combat, public servants, and those who needed a second chance. We believe in
God and Country, the Golden Rule, honesty and integrity, an abiding work ethic,
and compassion for those less fortunate. We respect differing opinions and
values, and as Americans, we are at the center of a truly global outlook. We
respect those who came before us and their efforts to provide a future for us,
and we pursue our mission unapologetically, aggressively and proactively.
As an
organization, we have two historical icons that were selected for their
overwhelming impact on all of the values above. They are Abraham Lincoln and
Martin Luther King, Jr. Both used The US Constitution as their platforms for
change, both believed in the power of individuals to make a difference, and
both died for their causes while making a difference themselves.
Entrepreneurial – Meeting
Individuals’ and Society’s Needs: We provide education in useful, productive
professions, and we are entrepreneurial, opportunistic and flexible in our
selection of programs. There are innumerable opportunities to add value to
organizations, their employees and their causes. We work hard to find those
opportunities and expediently design programs to help meet their needs. As
such, our offerings are dynamic, ebbing and flowing with society’s needs. We
are true academic entrepreneurs, squeezing dollars from processes,
bootstrapping, conserving and spending wisely, while delivering a high-quality
college education and experience. This approach ensures an affordable education
and increases the value of our organization for all constituencies.
We are
dedicated to providing a life-changing, success-building, relevant,
economically rewarding, accessible and affordable education, delivered to as many
people as we can.
Our daily
efforts are focused on supporting you, our student, to achieve the following in
your quest to building a successful life:
1. Graduate.
2. Provide stability for your family.
3. Achieve your financial, educational and career goals without a lifetime of debt.
4. Better serve your employer.
5. If you choose, be a successful entrepreneur in the true American spirit.
2. Provide stability for your family.
3. Achieve your financial, educational and career goals without a lifetime of debt.
4. Better serve your employer.
5. If you choose, be a successful entrepreneur in the true American spirit.
Student
Progress
We believe in
the potential of every American citizen to make a difference in our nation’s
future. We concur with documented research that indicates this nation’s
economic future rests in the hands of the untapped degree potential of the
adult population. As such, we consider it to be the responsibility of higher
education to support each individual in degree attainment. For Grantham
University, this is not a newfound ideal. Rather, it has been our unwavering
60-year tradition in serving the needs of a second-chance population. That
past, our present, and future all articulate the identical creed: It is our
pledge to purposefully, continuously and passionately work alongside you to
help you graduate. Students’ timely progress is our objective and graduation is
our goal. As such and without equivocation, we declare in this Constitution
that we absolutely expect you to graduate.
Our commitment
to help you succeed is at the forefront of every decision we make. As such, we
have created a student progress infrastructure, which is designed specifically
for the success of the online adult learner. We are proud that you are an
integral part of a university whose mission, commitment, constitution and
policies were designed to support and celebrate the richness of your life’s
experiences.
We know for
certain that student progress, both theoretically and in practice, is equally
dependent upon both academic success and in the steady, uninterrupted pace
through which you progress in a degree program. Let us reiterate our intent: We
expect you to graduate. Therefore, we will work persistently to keep you in a
consistent pace toward graduation. We expect, therefore, that you will be
equally committed to stay the course. In the most honorable and service-minded
way, your perseverance to stopping gaps between courses exhibits an admirable
dedication: a promise to self and family to graduate for the benefit of your
own future and that of the family and nation around you.
We know and
research confirms that the better you keep the rate of course-to-course
progress, the more likely your graduation goal will become a reality. Armed with
this knowledge, every Grantham staff member will work to motivate you to
continue your degree pursuits even in the presence of life’s challenges.
Research shows that together, we can mitigate those external barriers so that
they are not insurmountable hurdles, but rather challenges we can work through
without impeding degree progress.
We know that as
an adult learner with multiple competing demands for your time, life may
present obstacles along your educational path. We remain confident that the
continuation of your degree program in the midst of challenges is the only way
to reach your dreams. You are resilient and we are steadfast in our mission.
Our battle-minds must be sharp and focused on the goal. We can and will
overcome together.
We are Grantham University. It is
our mission to change lives through the power of an affordable, relevant and
accessible education. We expect you to graduate, and we pledge to help you to
maintain your commitment to reach that goal.
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