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The Ken Blanchard College of Business is dedicated to providing its more than 3,000 students with quality educational offerings through academic excellence and real-world relevance. Through its curriculum, the College cultivates in its students the high level of critical thinking and analytical skills required in today’s complex business environment. The College is also dedicated to incorporating its three pillars – servant leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit – into its programs.
These three pillars provide the College and its graduates with a competitive edge in the marketplace as they are crucial in order to succeed in the corporate environment. Recognizing the need for quality training and education in servant leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit, The Ken Blanchard College of Business has developed an expertise in these areas in order to prepare students and working professionals to succeed in their careers.
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 Founded in 1949 and enrolling more than 15,000 students, Grand Canyon University is a premier, private, accredited, Christian University located in Phoenix, Arizona. The University offers online and campus-based Bachelor's and Master's degree programs through the Ken Blanchard College of Business, College of Education, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and College of Liberal Arts and supports both traditional undergraduate students as well as the working professional.
Students enjoy Phoenix’s 300 days of annual sunshine, major league sports, culture, recreation, and of course, the incomparable Grand Canyon just four hours away. Campus students enjoy modern dormitories, an array of social activities, a state-of-the-art exercise and wellness facility, ten different NCAA sports, and opportunities to participate in community outreach programs to genuinely make a difference.
Learn about our Accreditation
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Ken Blanchard College of Business Mission Statement
To challenge and inspire students to be servant leaders with the business skills and values necessary to drive organizational success and positively impact society.
Ken Blanchard College of Business Vision Statement
To educate and develop values-driven business leaders.
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Innovation
The Ken Blanchard College of Business recently entered into an alliance with Stratage, an innovation research and advisory firm based in Canada. Through this partnership, The Ken Blanchard College of Business is uniquely positioned to provide insight into the latest content and research in innovation including the results of a Global Innovation Survey conducted in Forbes Global 2000 organizations.
Entrepreneurial Spirit
The Ken Blanchard College of Business believes that an ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ is the engine required to drive innovation and achieve competitive advantages in the global marketplace. The Ken Blanchard College of Business focuses much of its curriculum on how leaders can develop and nurture an entrepreneurial spirit within their organizations regardless of size. Our students have the opportunity to learn from faculty who have also been real-world entrepreneurs and who are willing to openly share what they have learned from both their successes and failures.
Servant Leadership
In today’s increasingly complex and globalized marketplace, trust and collaboration are more critical than ever if organizational success is to be sustained. Not only are future leaders required to utilize the efforts of their direct reports, 21st century leaders must learn how to best leverage the talents of individuals and teams who reside outside their formal organization. This new breed of leader must demonstrate a “paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.” At The Ken Blanchard College of Business, we refer to this as servant leadership, an egoless leadership style driven by a higher sense of values in which all stakeholder interests are considered and balanced.
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In choosing a university, parents and students should pay close attention to whether their university of choice is regionally accredited or not.
Regional accreditation in higher education originated almost a century ago as an American process conferred by a nongovernmental agency. It provides quality assurance and ensures institutional program improvement. The agency has visited Grand Canyon University and all reviews on accreditation have been made by expert and trained peers. During the visit, educational activities, administration, financial stability, admissions and student personnel services, resources, student academic achievement, organizational effectiveness, and relationships with outside constituencies are reviewed.
Six regional agencies provide institutional accreditation on a geographical basis — Middle States, New England, North Central, Northwest, Southern, and Western. While independent of one another, the six regional associations cooperate extensively and recognize one another's accreditation.
Grand Canyon University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. This is a regional accrediting body as mentioned above. (30 N. LaSalle St. Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504 tel. 800-621-7440; http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org/.)
The Ken Blanchard College of Business at Grand Canyon University is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) based on standards that required our school to demonstrate teaching excellence. The degrees accredited by ACBSP are as follows:
The Bachelor of Science (BS) with majors in Accounting, Business Administration, and Marketing.
The Master of Business Administration (MBA).
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