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The School of Management (Vysoká škola manažmentu, or VSM) was established by the National Council of the Slovak Republic's law on December 1, 1999, as the first private school in Slovakia. It is accredited by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate (PhD.) levels for programs in business administration. On top of the Slovak accredited programs, VSM with the City University of Seattle offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs. Its diplomas are accredited in the USA by Northwest Commission on Schools and Universities NWCCU. School of Management and City University of Seattle have compatible programs for the bachelor and magister programs in English, and the students can benefit from joint or double degree options Bc./BSBA and Mgr./MBA. The faculty has the rich, practical experience and uses pedagogical methods to guarantee high levels of expertise in their business administration fields and their responsibility for students' education, creativity, and communication. Well–established, up-to-date, and progressively designed VSM and City University of Seattle curricula have prepared over eight thousand graduates for successful careers at different management levels, including top management positions in the USA, Europe, and Asia. School of Management successfully cooperates and develops professional relationships with schools in foreign countries, currently in the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Finland, Austria, and many others. Mission and Philosophy VSM is a private, not-for-profit institution of higher education. Its mission is to change lives for good by offering high quality and relevant lifelong education to anyone with the desire to learn. The mission is based on these philosophical principles: Education is a lifelong process and must be relevant to the student's aspirations. Education should be affordable and offered, as much as possible, at the student's convenience The opportunity to learn should be open to anyone with the desire to achieve. Program Offerings Bachelor in Business Administration (full-time, part-time, or online format) Magister in Business Administration (full-time, part-time, or online format) Double degree program Magister/MBA (full-time or part-time format) PhD. in Business Management (full-time or part-time format) In 2005, the Government of Slovakia invited EUA to evaluate all public institutions of higher education in the country. This evaluation intends to support Slovak higher education institutions in their continuing development to meet the best international academic standards and practices adapted to their specific context. The Government also invited private universities and third-level institutions to join in the exercise, and VSM took this opportunity, opting for a particular focus on e-learning. VSM is the only private institution included among the 23 taking part in this process. For the full version of the report, click here (EUA Report). City University of Seattle (CityU) is incorporated in Washington and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). City University of Seattle's School of Management is currently a candidate for accreditation with the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Locations in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, China, and Mexico have been granted the appropriate governmental authorizations and are conducted in conformity with the relevant commercial and educational laws. Founded in 1973, City University of Seattle is a private, accredited, not-for-profit university awarded over 45,000 degrees and certificates worldwide. Recognized as an educational pioneer, CityU helps students worldwide fulfill their dream of earning a coveted American degree by providing unprecedented access to quality education. Headquartered in the United States with nearly 20 locations throughout Washington and Hawaii, the Canadian Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, Czech Republic, Slovakia, China, and Mexico, CityU is genuinely a global university. As part of CityU's mission, the school is committed to building healthier communities worldwide through educational programs that provide global reach and are relevant and sensitive to your local needs. In Slovakia, CityU offers its programs through Vysoka Skola Management (VSM), the first accredited private university in Slovakia established by Slovak law and fully recognized by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic. Read the Fast Facts about the City University of Seattle. View full university

The Higher Learning Commission accredits Antioch University. Antioch University has had continuous accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission since 1927. Antioch University is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) institution. As an accredited institution, Antioch University’s students are fully eligible for a variety of financial aid assistance, including grants, scholarships, and loans. Antioch University has been honored with the 2009, 2010 and 2011 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll Award (with distinction in 2010). In 2011, the University was named one of the top twenty colleges most committed to community service by USA Today. For over 160 years, Antioch University has been a leader in progressive education, making a difference in the lives of children, adults, and families by transforming the traditional classroom. Through experiential learning, small class sizes, and collaborative learning environments, we have created a set of programs that help you become the teacher you have always wanted to be. Pair this with a deep respect for educational equity, social justice, and a general empathy towards the power of effective educators. You have a system that’s put in place to help you succeed. Antioch University provides learner-centered education to empower students with the knowledge and skills to lead meaningful lives and to advance social, economic, and environmental justice. Antioch University aspires to be a leading university, offering learners and communities transformative education in a global context that fosters innovation and inspires social action. Antioch University Seattle (AUS) got its start in true Antioch tradition as an experiment by Antioch College West, located in San Francisco, California. Inspired by the University Without Walls movement of the late ’60s, AUS was one of over 35 satellite Antioch College locations created to bring education to non-traditional students where they lived, which is Seattle’s case is the city. The experiment to discover if a new location could succeed in Seattle began in the Fremont neighborhood, the Center of the Universe, in 1975 with 15 students, three programs, and a vision that slowly grew into the thriving community it is today. It was based on the belief that a real change in the wider community comes from a more profound understanding of how communities function and the people who inhabit them. So we began our offerings with Bachelor’s Completion, Psychology, and Urban Studies. Antioch University’s roots began as Antioch College. It first opened its doors in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Antioch’s first president, Horace Mann, was a lawyer and Congressman from Massachusetts, a well-known abolitionist, and social reformer. He is considered the founder of public education in the United States, believing that a well-educated populace was essential to a healthy democracy. In his first graduation speech, Horace Mann implored the Antioch graduates to “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” Those words remain throughout our history, a guiding light of our values, and an underlying commitment to an Antioch education. Nonsectarian and co-educational from the outset, Antioch was a leader of progressive thought and innovation. Antioch was the first College in the country to have a woman faculty member as equal to her male counterparts. Antioch’s curriculum was the same for men and women, and we admitted black and white students to learn together over a century before civil rights laws would require the same result. In the early 1860s, Antioch adopted a policy that no applicant could be rejected due to his or her race. Sadly, this was quite revolutionary for its time. The modern Antioch began to take shape in the 1920s under the leadership of President Arthur E. Morgan. As an engineer and former Chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority, he was interested in progressive education. He reorganized the Antioch curriculum to include co-op, a structured method of combining classroom-based education, and practical work experience. Antioch was the first liberal arts college in the United States to establish a co-op program. This critical innovation in experiential learning has been widely reproduced throughout higher education today. Always positioned at the forefront of social activism, the period during and after World War II proved even more groundbreaking for Antioch. During the war, Antioch participated in a program that allowed Japanese citizens incarcerated in internment camps to enroll at Antioch and move to Yellow Springs, Ohio. Also, in the 1940s and beyond, Antioch set out to diversify the campus by offering more scholarships to people of color. Many famous African Americans graduated from the College, including Coretta Scott King, author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congressional Delegate for Wash. D.C., and A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., civil rights advocate, author, and Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. Other notable Antioch alumni include two Nobel laureates, Mario Capecchi (B.S. 1961), co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and José Manuel Ramos-Horta (M.A., Peace Studies, 1984), co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, and later President of East Timor (2007-2012). The current Antioch University began to take shape in the 1960s. As Antioch College’s reputation for academic excellence, social relevance, activism, and experiential learning continued to grow, so did its campuses. As part of the ‘University without walls’ movement of the 1960s and 70s, Antioch expanded to sites across the country. The strong values-based nature of developing these campuses is important to recognize. The vision inspiring the expansion in the mid- to late 1960s and early 1970s was to serve adult learners and especially women and minorities, an approach to ‘taking the ivory tower’ out to the people. This was a very distinctive call for higher education at the time. The first of the adult campuses, today’s Antioch University New England, was established in 1964, and the last, Antioch University Santa Barbara, was established in 1974. During this era, over 35 Antioch “satellite” campuses were founded across the country, including locations in inner cities from coast to coast, on Native-American reservations, and in international locations. Antioch also founded an innovative law school in 1972 in Washington, D.C., which operated on an experiential legal clinic teaching model. All students of the Antioch School of Law participated in the clinic, which provided legal services to poor and underserved communities in D.C. The law school now operates as The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law and is no longer part of Antioch University. Due to its expansion of programs, graduate degrees, and campuses, Antioch’s name was changed in 1978 from Antioch College to Antioch University. Nonetheless, it is the same institution that was initially incorporated in Ohio in 1852. It has been in continuous existence since then and has been continuously accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 1926. We are proud that Antioch University had had a significant influence on higher education. The precursor to the National Council of Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), was founded by Morris Keeton when he was Antioch’s Vice President of Academic Affairs. CAEL’s influence was instrumental in facilitating other colleges and universities recruiting and supporting adult learners, especially as the demographics of traditional 18 to 22-year-old students was decreasing in the 1980s. We are also proud of the many innovations in academic programming offered by the campuses in promoting undergraduate degree completion and graduate degrees responsive to the needs of adult learners. As examples, our New England campus offered Antioch’s first APA accredited doctoral program in Clinical Psychology (PsyD), followed by a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, one of the first in the nation. In 2001, Antioch University established a highly innovative low residency Ph.D. Program in Leadership and Change. It has expanded to become Antioch’s Graduate School of Leadership & Change, which is a distinctive, outcomes-based, doctoral program focused on the study, research, and practice of leading positive change in workplaces and communities worldwide. In 2008, Antioch University closed its residential College campus in Yellow Springs, Ohio, due to significant enrollment and financial challenges. The College campus and other assets were then transferred in 2009 to a new Ohio non-profit corporation known as Antioch College Continuation Corporation, formed by a group of Antioch alumni. In that transaction, the University agreed to license to them the name “Antioch College.” The College was subsequently reopened in 2011 as a legally separate institution, but with a shared heritage with Antioch University. Those shared roots and an abiding commitment to social, economic, and environmental justice remain at our core. Today’s Antioch University is composed of Antioch University New England, Antioch University Midwest, Antioch University Los Angeles, Antioch University Santa Barbara, Antioch University Seattle, Antioch University Online, and the University’s Graduate School of Leadership & Change. Collectively, they make up one Antioch University with progressive values and a mission to educate the next generation of those determined to win victories for humanity. View full university

The City University of Seattle is a private nonprofit university accredited through the doctoral level. CityU is dedicated to serving the working adult and transfer student and is ranked by the U.S. News & World Report among the top for online bachelor’s degree programs and among the top online programs for veterans in the U.S. We strive to change lives for good by offering high quality and relevant lifelong education to anyone with the desire to learn. At CityU, we value: Flexibility – design and deliver programs and services to be convenient for students. Accessibility – provide educational opportunities to anyone, anywhere. Innovation – continually create new educational opportunities. Relevance – what we teach today can be applied tomorrow. Global – act local but think global. CityU’s vision is education access worldwide via a network of partners and programs onsite and online. The Board of Trustees approves an institutional 5-year strategic plan to guide the City University of Seattle. The Strategic Plan is a “living document” that will guide the University for the next five years. It is updated annually, serving as a road map to help the University fulfill its mission and achieve its vision. The University’s strategic plan guides operational activities, including determining annual goals and objectives for its performance. We take pride in making sure our students have everything they need to be successful at CityU. If you are a current student, the following is some information you will need and want to know during your time here. CityU’s academic credit internships are designed to match qualified students searching for practical on-the-job training with employers in the Pacific Northwest seeking highly-motivated interns to carry out real-world projects and assignments. Academic internships are available to undergraduates and graduate students. Before applying to an internship program, you will be required to meet with your academic advisor to review prerequisites and other qualifications. For more information about the School of Management academic credit internships, please email CityU’s internship program director, Kathy Cox. CityU’s academic programs are designed to serve the working adult and revolve around your schedule. Our classes are built and taught by practicing professionals who understand what it takes to make it in your field. If you know where you want to go, we know how to get you there. CityU offers students access to several financial aid programs, including grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships. Finances should never be an issue that prevents a student from earning his or her education. We are committed to helping students achieve their academic goals no matter what their economic situations are. Scholarships are forms of aid that help students pay for educational expenses. They are typically reserved for students with special qualifications such as academic merit, pursuing a particular field of study, or demonstrated financial need. Scholarships do not need to be repaid. CityU offers several different scholarships. To explore the scholarships we offer, please visit our scholarship webpage. Our scholarships can only be applied toward CityU tuition. If you need a little more help to close the gap, use one of the many reputable search engines to help you find a non-CityU scholarship. You may find information about applying for scholarships at finaid.org/scholarships, or by searching FastWeb, which includes more than 500,000 scholarships worth more than $1 billion. Furthering your career and education can be expensive. The return on investment for the vast majority is tangible in the short and long term. Recent studies show that college graduates are outperforming their peers with less education (Pew Research Center). To ensure you can invest in yourself and your career, we offer scholarships based on merit and need. Awards are given based upon academic potential, need, and the strength of students’ applications. Students attending programs in Canada are eligible for need- and merit-based scholarships only. Committed to educating and facilitating the placement of teachers of color in classrooms to serve our diverse communities across Washington State, the Albright School of Education at the City University of Seattle has awarded Diversity Scholarships since 2001. Diversity Scholarships are available to qualified individuals who represent the ethnic diversity of our communities. Enactus is a nonprofit organization dedicated to growing student leaders worldwide across 1,600 campuses in 40 countries. Annually, CityU awards seven tuition scholarships to its student leaders. Advance your career and education today. CityU’s flexible schedule, multiple locations, and online classes are designed for working adults and students who cannot pause their schedules to get their degree. Discover why CityU is the right fit for you, your schedule, and your career path. CityU offers a high-quality education to students looking to study here in the U.S. or throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. Go here to learn more about the admissions requirements for international students looking to study in the U.S. CityU offers discounted military tuition, scholarships, and credit for prior learning. We also partner with national, regional, and local organizations to ensure that current and former U.S. service members and their families have the support they need. Explore your options and advance your career here at CityU. View full university

Initially founded in Seattle in 1907 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart and currently located in Bellevue, Washington, Forest Ridge educates and inspires girls and young women in 5th through 12th grades. Both a day and boarding school, Forest Ridge is the only Sacred Heart school in the Pacific Northwest. We are a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school and a recognized pioneer in all-girl high school and middle school education. Easily accessible from the nearby areas of Newcastle, Sammamish, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton & Woodinville, we're proud to welcome students from the Greater Seattle area and from around Western Washington. Forest Ridge graduates women who change the world. Our Mission tells the world why we exist today. Our Vision describes where our leadership wants to take our school tomorrow. Both statements are fundamentally crucial to our planning. Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart educates young women to think critically, embrace challenges, model resilience, confront injustice, seek equality, and lead globally in the pioneering spirit of our foundress. Our alumnae change the world. Our Vision is uncompromising excellence in educating girls in the Sacred Heart tradition. In keeping with St. Madeleine Sophie Barat's Vision for excellence in educating girls since 1800, Forest Ridge offers a program grounded in our rich Catholic tradition. We provide our young women the courageous leadership skills necessary to act with compassion and conviction in embracing the challenges of a diverse global society. Our alumnae respond generously to their local and global communities' needs and embrace their responsibilities to serve morally and ethically. St. Madeleine Sophie once said, "In this struggle concerning education, the Heart of Jesus asks us not for our blood, but our minds. We must strengthen our studies by intellectual work." Inspired by her words, our school's great strength is the expertise and dedication of our faculty and staff. Student-focused, passionate, and innovating, they continually apply best practices and new thinking in Teaching and Learning to open each student's mind in anticipation of the world they willfully join after graduation. As both a Microsoft School and Microsoft Showcase School, we host educators and Education leaders worldwide seeking insights into Forest Ridge's successes in integrating Technology across curricula. Our student's opportunities to work with Technology directly are diverse and evolving. Every day, students of all grade levels experience project-based learning, whether programming two NAO Humanoid Robots, learning to code in one of our Coding courses, or experimenting with 3D printers and laser engravers in our Maker Space. Utilizing our new Digital Media Lab, students can also immerse themselves in groundbreaking hardware and software. For example, students can pursue their creative passions with state of the art Microsoft Surface Studio devices for digital graphic design or discover the world of 3D interaction with the unique zSpace 3D computer. For a change of pace with more traditional technologies, students can dabble in video creation, green-screen capture, or audio projects utilizing a full complement of digital video cameras, microphones, and editing tools. Forest Ridge remains an active pioneer in Technology, and this spirit of innovation shines inside each of our classrooms, throughout our learning spaces, and across our campus. View full school

Seattle University, founded in 1891, is a Jesuit Catholic university located on 50 acres in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. More than 7,200 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools and colleges. Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, professional formation, and empowering leaders for a just and humane world. We will be the premier independent university of the Northwest in academic quality, Jesuit Catholic inspiration, and service to society. Our holistic approach to education nurtures more than just the mind-- it cares for the whole person. That's why people from everywhere come to Seattle University with open minds and open hearts, ready to discover their path in life. Your time spent at Seattle University will challenge you to become a leader for a more just and humane world. SU offers support that serves you and your community. Between the mountains, rivers, and Puget Sound, students expand their horizons by exploring Seattle's. Go from metropolitan connoisseur to mountaineer in the same day or kayak and canoe without changing zip codes. Whether it is how to run a nonprofit in Thailand or to teach mathematical tables at an elementary school in Seattle, our academic services support students with studies and experiences that last long after they have left our campus. Rock out at Quadstock and discover the next great band. Take a hike through the paths of the Cascades to avoid the beaten ones. Spend an afternoon discovering the nooks and crannies of the shops, live entertainment venues, and restaurants that make Capitol Hill a neighborhood that pulses and vibrates. Get out and do more, because what you do outside of the classroom can shape who you are inside. With so many different cultures, religions, and traditions on campus—one of the most ethnically diverse in the Northwest—students learn from each other. They will eat Colombian food one night and attend Mass on another. With this unique opportunity to explore and understand the world around them, students push themselves to expand their views to discover and fortify their path in life. We empower students to engage in career exploration and experiential learning to optimize their professional and personal potential. Students will be able to identify, access, connect, and build communities to cultivate their formation. This engagement also deepens self-knowledge, enabling students to choose meaningful career paths and excel in a diverse, global society. We work to advance diversity and inclusion as a core strategic priority in comprehensive career education in alignment and reflect Seattle University's Office of Diversity and Inclusion mission. Whether you are a student, alumni, or hiring professional, you are welcome to connect with SU's Career Engagement Office –a team dedicated to helping you find meaningful career and industry engagement. At Seattle U, we encourage the holistic support of students. To facilitate the next generation of leaders' growth, we promote strong multicultural competence, faith exploration, and personal development. We combine all aspects of student life to develop development opportunities. Between academic-based communities to student activities programs, you're sure to find a niche that challenges your abilities to become the leader within you. We know that college can be some of the most stressful days of your life. Taking care of yourself mentally, physically, and emotionally will be one of the keys to success. So take some time now and then to put down that textbook and have some me-time. At Seattle U, we educate the whole person to effect change that has a lasting impact. We call students to do more than find answers—to keep asking the right questions and take action to help make the world more just, compassionate, and sustainable. We do not just give students an education and experiences that set them up for success in a career. We help them succeed in their careers—discover a field they are passionate about and dare to lead it. Seattle University provides innovative and flexible programs for busy adults. The School of New & Continuing Studies offers programs, flexible course delivery, and student support services designed for adults looking to meet their educational and career goals. Our schedule revolves around you. We built classes, office hours, and mentoring programs to work with your schedule because developing a professional career with the real-life application should not get in the way of real life. It should put you in a position to better it. It is part of our core Jesuit tradition to welcome international students to Seattle University. Our student community includes representatives from more than 75 nations, and our alumni live in nearly 100 different countries. We do not just give students an education and experiences that set them up for success in a career. We help them succeed in their careers—discover a field they are passionate about and dare to lead it. With renowned faculty, the country's #1 Legal Writing program, a top 20 nationally ranked clinical program, and more than 500 externship placements worldwide, SU's School of Law educates great lawyers to be advocates for a more just world. View full university

Seattle Pacific University is a place where 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students gain an excellent education grounded on the gospel of Jesus Christ — and the tools to influence the world for good. Outstanding scholarship and thoughtful faith is a powerful combination that brings about change in graduates' lives and in the people and communities they go on to serve. Seattle Pacific University is a Christian university fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community. Our vision is "Engaging the Culture, Changing the World." Seattle Pacific University undergraduate and graduate programs are known for academic excellence. Classes average of 21 students. Professors are renowned scholars who know you by name. Students learn what's happening in the world and how to take action. Great things happen outside the classroom at Seattle Pacific University — a place where you will experience more in-depth learning, make lifelong friends, and discover new ways to serve and lead. We believe that Christ calls us to value diversity and seek ways for all persons in our University community to grow in their giftedness and contribute in meaningful ways to our everyday life and work. Thus, in all of our diversity, we are centered in Christ, and called by him to shape, model, and participate together in a grace-filled community. At Seattle Pacific University, we believe we are a community called to be the body of Christ. We believe that every person who steps foot on our campus is made in the image of God and is called according to God's purpose. Both in the Old Testament and the New, Scripture commands each of us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Seattle Pacific University was founded by Free Methodist pioneers who valued a non-sectarian approach to education that welcomed all those seeking scholarly excellence rooted in the Christian gospel, and who sought to take the gospel into the world in order to bring about the flourishing of God's children. Today, that tradition continues in a clear line from our founders. In our "DNA," so to speak, the desire to engage the culture and change the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Located in a quiet north Queen Anne residential neighborhood, Seattle Pacific University's 40-acre campus borders the Lake Washington Ship Canal and boasts majestic trees, open lawns, beautiful gardens, and the Cascade mountains' views. View full university

Why do almost 16,000 students choose Seattle Central College each year? We offer what they need to succeed. Top academic programs, many paths to academic transfer, career prep, and fundamental studies – all in one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in one of the nation's most diverse, thriving cities. Whatever you want to do, we have a program to help you do it. Three bachelor's degrees, 29 associate degrees, and 16 professional certificates in 26 programs of study. Almost half of our students are working towards Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degrees to prepare them for transfer to four–year colleges or universities. To build successful careers, about a third of our students pursue career training programs to learn marketable skills in healthcare, information technology, business, culinary arts, maritime, social and human services, and more. We also serve students with courses in primary studies, continuing education, and other programs. The real strength of our college is our incredible teaching and learning environment. Our teachers are nationally known for their dedication to student success, and it shows. From the large number of our students who transfer to the University of Washington each year to those successful running businesses, standing out in arts and music, or as community leaders – we are committed to helping our students thrive in whatever they choose to do. We were Seattle's first community college. We started on the outskirts of downtown in 1966 and grew into a thriving center for higher education in the heart of the city. For 50 years, we have made higher education a possibility for many students in Seattle and surrounding areas. Although our home is Seattle's vibrant Capitol Hill neighborhood, our perspective is global, with the nation's sixth-largest community or technical college international program. Each year, we host more than 2,000 students from around the world. Seattle Central College is one of the most diverse colleges in Washington state, which is excellent, but what makes us most proud is that our student body is a true reflection of our community. We draw people from all walks of life who want to improve their lives. They represent a multitude of ages, races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. From high school students and recent grads just starting, to mid-career professionals looking to add new skills (many of whom are juggling work and family) – Seattle Central welcomes you. Seattle Central College promotes educational excellence in a multicultural urban environment. We provide opportunities for academic achievement, workplace preparation, and service to the community. Seattle Central offers a variety of high-quality, affordable programs — including bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and professional certificates — that can help you meet your educational and career goals. Seattle Central College's Continuing Education program offers personal enrichment and professional development courses taught by local experts on Capitol Hill, partner locations, and online. Guided by our core values of collaboration, communication, flexibility, compassion, and vision, we work with curious, self-motivated, lifelong learners who seek a dynamic and hands-on educational experience. Seattle Central College offers programs that prepare you for a rewarding career in an in-demand field. Our programs range from short–term certificates and associate degrees to applied bachelor's degrees. Whether you are just starting or looking to change careers, we have a Career Training program for you. Once you register at Seattle Central, we recommend that students meet with an advisor during non–registration periods (week three through seven of each quarter) to develop your academic plan. Advising helps transfer students with their educational plans and goals. During quarterly registration periods, Seattle Central advisors can help select courses and review transcripts from other schools to approve course prerequisites that have not been officially evaluated and incorporated into permanent records. We are here to provide support and direction as you pursue your educational goals. As a group, we share common beliefs, but we may go about assisting you in slightly different ways as individuals. We recognize that counseling can be learning and that real learning occurs when both the student and the counselor are fully involved. Counselors provide short–term counseling for various problems; if the problem is of a long-term nature, the counselor may refer you to an appropriate professional in the surrounding area. Seattle Central's counselors offer short-term counseling for a variety of issues. As faculty professionals with master's or doctoral degrees in counseling/guidance, they are committed to providing the support and direction to students to help them pursue their educational and career goals, as well as achieve personal growth. Disability Support Services (DSS) provides equal access to students with documented disabilities and acts in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The DSS mission is to foster a sense of the community where students can fully participate in all aspects of campus life. View full university

Seattle Prep is a Catholic, Jesuit college preparatory school. We embrace the Ignatian ideals that God may be found in all things, that each person is sacred and that we are created to serve others in the community. Our mission is to form discerning, transformational leaders who are intellectually competent, spiritually alive, open to growth, loving, and committed to justice. We are fortunate to count ourselves among the 65 Catholic, Jesuit high schools, and middle schools in the United States. Endowed with the Society of Jesus's unique charism and its 475-year-old tradition, our good fortune carries with it an important responsibility. We are responsible for living this charism in word and deed to ensure that our heart is a genuinely Ignatian one. One way to do this is to be ever mindful that the vital Jesuit terms we use describe who we are and guide us in all we do. Two of the most important of these terms are "Cura personalis" and "seek the magic." Cura personalis – or care for the person – came naturally for St. Ignatius and his companions because their relationships with each other were such tender, affectionate ones. St. Ignatius famously remarked that "Love is shown more in deeds than in words," and, indeed, the early companions were bound first by love before they ever took vows that bound them together in any official way. As inheritors of the Jesuit "way of proceeding," care for the person should always characterize our interactions with each other. Prep does this well it is a community that embraces love as more than a word. To "seek the magic" means to pursue what more can and should be done, to challenge oneself to try harder and perform better continually. Again, this was a characteristic of the remarkable men who created the Society of Jesus. They were talented and driven to succeed. They did not pursue, however, their glory, but rather, the Greater Glory of God (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam). We at Prepare also called to live, learn and work with "one foot in the air" – always striding forward, continually seeking the magic. But our steps, while confidently taken, should also be humble ones. To quote Archbishop Romero, "We are the workers, not the Master Builder." To seek the magic and practice cura personals are good and noble pursuits on their own, but it is only with God that the journey becomes a sacred, transformational one. That is the journey of Seattle Prep. For Prep to be right to its Jesuit mission and identity, we must embrace both cura personalis and the magic. Is there tension in these dual pursuits? Absolutely. And that tension is a perfect thing. The enemy of vibrant Ignatian school culture is comfort. The only place that offers complete freedom from tension and the final resolution is the grave. But as we strive to be the best Catholic, Jesuit school we can be, we must be mindful that we do so with and for each other. And all of this, our striving and our caring are folded within a more profound reality and more transcendent purpose - our fervent desire to be with God. Since the time they launched their first school in 1548, the Jesuits have believed that high-quality education is the best path to meaningful leadership and service lives. They have understood that the liberal arts, the natural and social sciences, and the performing arts, joined with all the other branches of knowledge, were a powerful means to develop leaders with the potential for influencing and transforming society. Committed from the very beginning to educating the whole person, the Jesuits adapted the best educational models available while developing their pedagogical methods to become the "schoolmasters of Europe." All that we do at Seattle Prep is rooted in the school's mission statement: "We embrace the Ignatian ideals that God may be found in all things, that each person is sacred and that we are created to serve others in the community. Our mission is to form discerning, transformational leaders who are intellectually competent, spiritually alive, open to growth, loving, and committed to justice." In this milestone year – 125 years after the founding of Seattle Prep – the school's mission remains as vibrant as it has been since 1891. True to our Jesuit, Catholic foundation, we cultivate a faith-centered community where students grow as "Men and Women for Others." Throughout their four years at Seattle Prep, our students are supported and challenged to graduate as young women and men who embody the "Graduate at Graduation" values central to Jesuit secondary education: Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Spiritually Alive, Loving, and Committed to Justice. These core values are ingrained in our school culture, are foundational to our programs and curriculum, and are central to our identity at Seattle Preparatory School. We are committed to forming the whole student and supporting our students as they discover their gifts in the community. View full school

Seattle Academy was founded in 1983 by a courageous group of trustees, faculty, and parents who were inspired to start a new school designed to provide a unique academic program to prepare students for college and life. In that initial year, 72 students joined the Seattle Academy founders to lay the foundation and take the first steps towards the dynamic and impactful SAAS community that we have today. Seattle Academy (also referred to as SAAS) is a vibrant, innovative, and energetic, independent school serving 6th through 12th-grade students in an urban Capitol Hill campus setting in Seattle, WA. SAAS is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS) and is approved by the Office of Superintendent Public Instruction to operate as a private school in the state of Washington Our dynamic educational philosophy of teaching students "how to think" but not "what to think" is delivered through programmatic pillars of Academics, Arts, Athletics, Outdoor & Travel, and Service. Students represent a variety of educational experiences (public/private/home-schooled) and diverse ethnic, socio-economic, gender, and cultural backgrounds. Our students have varying interests, capabilities, and learning styles supported by our faculty, advisors, grade coordinators, counselors, and our Learning Support teams. Our Seattle Academy principle to Know the Kid focuses our efforts on understanding students at the individual level and navigating with them through their SAAS experience. Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences (SAAS) is an independent secondary school with a mission to prepare students to participate effectively in modern society. We seek a diversified student body and faculty and offer a demanding college-preparatory curriculum integrating the arts and emphasizing a global perspective. We utilize our urban environment's resources to extend our classrooms, enhance our programs, and engage our students in public service. Most of all, we seek to graduate motivated students with talent and integrity who are prepared to contribute productively to a changing world. The most critical factor in the success of Seattle Academy is supportive relationships between and among students, teachers, faculty, administrators, and parents. These supportive relationships are the direct result of social interactions governed and guided by the SAAS core values. Our aspiration is that the Seattle Academy community shares these core values and demonstrates them in all communications and actions. At Seattle Academy, our cultural conversation, curriculum, teaching styles, and programs are grounded in the guiding principles of Culture of Performance, Diverse & Inclusive Community, Know the Kid, Participation & Excellence, and Talents Born, Made & Discovered. As an individual, a student is encouraged and enabled to explore new things and build upon their existing experiences in a collaborative, supportive learning environment. Seattle Academy sits at a major intersection in one of Seattle's most vibrant neighborhoods, in a diverse and dynamic city. We are also a moment in time of major social, political, economic, and cultural intersections. So we are well placed in our mission to be a catalyst for our students to reach their full potential and help their communities reach their potential. Our mission leads us to focus daily on the question, "What does this generation need from us today to be ready for tomorrow?" The answers we find to those questions are rooted in our core beliefs about teaching and learning, about what it means to be in community, and about the innate potential in all of our students, not just some of them. And for all the community members – past, present, and future - it is a fundamental and fair expectation that we know. It can articulate what we care about, what we value, and why we are optimistic about the future. So here goes! We believe that our students can become creative, collaborative problem solvers who navigate ambiguity with agility and confidence. We believe that our community must be honest about the challenging, complex issues that come up in our students' lives, in our own lives as parents and educators, and in our world. We believe that we should value equity, inclusion, and community for reasons based on practical necessity and wisdom as they are ethical and ideological convictions. We believe that it is both practical and imperative that we recognize and value all of Gifts and Talents' different combinations that this rising generation can and should bring to the world. At Seattle Academy, we strive to recognize and amplify our students' diverse gifts and talents and allow them to develop their innate talents, build new talents, and discover new talents they never thought they had. Hopefully, we - like the past, present, and future members of the SAAS community - will together empower a generation of leaders who are willing to dare, who are not paralyzed by a fear of failure or limited by narrow definitions of success, and who can surprise themselves and us in all of the best ways. Upper School Address: 1201 E. Union, WA Postal Code: 98122 Phone: +1 206 3236600 View full school