The Four Fold Graduate School is a part-time Graduate School level business school designed for those of you who may not have the access, all the requirements, or funding to consider an accredited major program. You gain knowledge and experiences in a real-world environment.  

You focus on practical business issues and acquire skills universally applied in all types of businesses. The Applied Business Master's Program is the result of 20+ years of executive business roles in FORTUNE 100 companies.  This experience is complemented with an additional 20 years assisting over 150 private Midwest companies between $5 and $250M.  We create and implement formal programs focused on practical company and personal improvement. The Applied Master's Program is based on the successful Four Threads Business Strategy that ties a business’s functions together.

You are supported by modern adult education processes. The Applied Master's course will use a “Balanced Learning Model”. You attend monthly one half-day live session on Saturday and one 2 1/2 hour web session. In addition to the central course work, you also have many choices of self-selected courses both internally and externally provided.  External courses, by important professors and universities, will be self-paced.

The Applied Master's Program is about applying business practices. Company improvement projects will be done “live” at sponsor companies.  As in the real world, you will find yourself teaming with fellow students. Private and small group tutoring is readily available in-between sessions, both in person and web based.

The Applied Masters Program tuition is $1000 per year.  We are a not for profit community service. Therefore, we do not use your G.I. Bill, student loans or require any third-party billing.  If you do not have the funds or supplies, Four Fold Graduate School is prepared to support you.  We do ask you perform one year of community service for an organization of your choice. The Program is open to you whether you have a college degree or not.  We ask that you have some work or military experience.

Helping you find a career path and job is an important part of the program.  You will have the opportunity to work with some of our sponsors, doing real projects using the business skills you are learning.  Upon graduation, you have access to our sponsors and our Chicago-area contact database. We provide recommendations and make calls on your behalf.  During the session, you will have access to resume writing, job search, and interviewing skills.

We intend this to be a special program...

The class size is to be between 10-20 members. The parallel Veterans and Minorities programs will start in March and April in Chicago, Illinois.

Four Fold Graduate School is a not for profit Illinois corporation.  The name Four Fold comes from the concept of giving and being returned four fold.  There is no executive or subject matter expert compensation.

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