AfTEr high sChOOL
Follow your
Building
educational road after
Business
high school to college or
employment.
J
ohn Mullen is a Highland Village
consultant advising startup
Skills
companies that are just in the
process of getting off the ground. He has
a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a
master of business administration (MBA) Tech Prep with associate’s degrees, certificates, or
degree and owns his own business. A great way to get your start at two-year related work experience.
“I really enjoy the variety of the work I colleges is to take advantage of the Tech Most community colleges offer several
do,” he says. “I get to collaborate with new Prep system in Texas. Tech Prep gives types of educational programs. The first,
people, in different industries, and on a high school students a seamless transition academic transfer programs, gets students
variety of projects. to postsecondary business education by ready to switch schools after their second
“I think the philosophy degree has combining high school work with two year of higher education and pursue a
helped me more in business than the years of study at community colleges and bachelor’s degree in business at a four-
MBA, because it trained me to seek technical schools. year university. Applied studies consist
creative solutions to problems,” he South Texas College, for example, with of programs designed to allow
continues. “I have seen far too many five campuses and centers in McAllen, students to earn a business
business graduates who can only apply a Weslaco, and Rio Grande City, is a big certificate or associate’s
‘cookie-cutter’ approach to problems.” supporter of Tech Prep in south Texas. The degree leading directly to
As Mullen points out, education college has partnerships with 16 school employment.
is critical to success in Business, districts in Hidalgo and Starr counties. For example, North Central
Management & Administration. Of As early as their sophomore year, high Texas College offers an associate
course, a few entrepreneurs can and do school students begin earning college of applied science (AAS) degree
create successful businesses right out credit toward an associate’s degree at in business management or office
of high school. Nearly every successful South Texas College with a wide variety systems technology for 70 credit
businessperson, however, has gotten of business specializations—accounting, hours, or approximately two
further education after graduation, banking, marketing, management, and years of study. It also
whether it is military service, certification import/export/logistics. offers a certificate
in a business skill, a two-year associate’s of business
degree, a four-year bachelor’s degree, or a Associate’s degrees management or
master of business administration degree, Although most management positions office systems
which takes two years after earning an require at least a bachelor’s degree, technology for 36
undergraduate degree. If you want to be there are other business careers, such as credit hours, or
successful in business, plan on continuing accounting or administrative support, that approximately one
to learn throughout your entire career. do not. Employers often look for people year of study.
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