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In the college\u2019s BBA+ program, now in its fourteenth year, staff members handle time-consuming details, courses occur at convenient times and are available in the sequence students need them, and some of the programs accelerate the time to graduation. . . all for a slight increase in tuition.<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents can focus on their course work and on doing well in the program,\u201d Roomes said.<\/p>\n
BBA+ program streamlines degree acquisition for working professionals.<\/em><\/p>\n The popularity of the BBA+ program offerings\u2014BBA+ Weekend, taught on Saturdays since 1994, and BBA+ Sunrise, launched in 2004 at the Pines Center, and offered partially in the classroom weekday mornings and partially online\u2014continues to grow.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first two BBA+ Sunrise groups drew between ten and twenty students, but we have 25 in the current one,\u201d Roomes said. \u201cWhile our largest BBA+ groups occur at the University Park campus, this past summer we graduated a group of thirty students from the Pines Center\u2014our largest ever at this location.\u201d<\/p>\n Surprisingly, tough economic times appear to be increasing enrollments in the value-added programs, despite their somewhat higher cost.<\/p>\n \u201cTime and time again, I\u2019ve seen that when the economy is bad, people retool,\u201d Roomes said. \u201cIn addition, we have increased our investment in marketing, which is paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n According to him, \u201cThe best selling method for the BBA+ program is referrals by our graduates, whose success helps us showcase the benefits of the program by word-of-mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
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\nThirty new BBA+ program graduates, joined by family, friends, faculty, and staff, celebrated at a party on June 27, 2008 in the Graham Center.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n