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WELCOME TO BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY ROUNDTABLE

December 17, 2025

Our mission is to prepare students for success in business and business-related studies, so that they may transfer to a 4-year college in business and business-related disciplines, as well as pursue vocational education for career placement and advancement. See video 

We offer programs in Accounting,  Business,  Law,  Medical Office, and Real Estate.

 Here is our Faculty and Staff.

Top 25 Advisory Questions for 2025

(ACCT + BUS + BMGT + Legal Studies + Medical Office + Real Estate + Skilled Trades)


A. Future of Work & Skilled, Applied Professions

  1. Looking ahead 5–10 years, how do you see business, accounting, real estate, healthcare administrative, legal, and skilled trades and applied-service roles evolving as technology and regulation continue to change?
  2. Where do you see the strongest overlap emerging between hands-on or skilled trade work and business, financial, legal, or compliance responsibilities?
  3. In what ways are skilled trades and applied professions becoming more management-, data-, or decision-oriented over time?

B. Skilled Trades, Technology, and Business Evolution

  1. How do you see the skilled trades changing in terms of technology adoption, business ownership, regulation, and management responsibilities over time?
  2. What business, accounting, or legal knowledge most often becomes important for individuals working in or transitioning within the trades?

C. Credential Pathways & Educational Value

  1. How do you think about the relative value of certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor’s degrees across skilled trades, applied-service fields, and professional roles?
  2. In your experience, when does a bachelor’s degree tend to matter most—at entry, mid-career, or later advancement stages?
  3. Are there roles where credentials function more as professional signals than as direct skill preparation?

D. Accounting & Financial Literacy Across Fields

  1. From your perspective, are accounting graduates entering the workforce with the technical and analytical skills employers expect today?
  2. How important is financial literacy for professionals in non-accounting roles, such as skilled trades, real estate, healthcare administration, or management?
  3. Where do you see accounting knowledge adding the most value beyond traditional bookkeeping or compliance tasks?

E. Business & Professional Skills

  1. Across business, accounting, real estate, medical office, legal, and trade environments, what professional skills are most often missing in early-career employees?
  2. How important are communication, judgment, and ethical reasoning compared to technical proficiency alone in regulated and customer-facing roles?
  3. What gaps most often appear when technically strong employees—including skilled trades workers—move into supervisory or leadership positions?

F. Real Estate Perspectives

  1. How do you see the real estate industry changing in terms of regulation, technology, financing, and business complexity?
  2. What business or accounting knowledge is most critical for success in real estate careers beyond sales or licensing?
  3. How important is legal awareness—contracts, disclosures, compliance—for real estate professionals at different career stages?

G. Legal Studies & Regulatory Awareness

  1. How are legal and regulatory considerations increasingly intersecting with business, accounting, real estate, healthcare administrative, and skilled trade work?
  2. What kinds of legal knowledge are most valuable for non-lawyers working in highly regulated or licensed environments?

H. Medical Office Specialist & Healthcare Administration

  1. In healthcare administrative and medical office settings, what business, accounting, or legal knowledge most directly affects efficiency, compliance, and patient experience?
  2. How do you see career mobility working in medical office or healthcare administrative roles, and what skills or education enable advancement into supervision or management?

I. Career Mobility & Advancement

  1. What factors most influence whether individuals can move from hands-on, skilled trade, or transactional roles into leadership, ownership, or advisory positions?
  2. How critical is cross-disciplinary knowledge—business, finance, and law—for long-term career mobility across industries?

J. Applied Learning & Industry Engagement

  1. What kinds of applied learning experiences best prepare students for real workplace expectations across business, trades, healthcare offices, and regulated environments?

K. Advising the Next Generation

  1. If you were advising students at the very beginning of their journey, how would you encourage them to think about sequencing skills, credentials, and education over time?

Please take a few minutes to respond to the questions above by scanning the QR code below or clicking this link Top 25 Advisory Questions for 2025 – Fill out form

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