President’s Letter, August 2026
Last month I wrote a letter explaining how students would not have a problem getting jobs once they graduate from John Adams College. (Feel free to read it here if you missed it.)
Another worry that parents discuss with us concerns graduate schools. Can a student from an unaccredited college get into grad programs or law school? The short answer is yes. In fact, here is a list of current colleges, those who have taken JAC grads as well as graduates from other unaccredited colleges:
• Columbia, School of Journalism
• Rutgers University
• Ralston College
• Ashland University, College of Arts and Sciences
• Antioch University
• BYU Law School
• University of Florida College of Education
• UNLV College of Business
• Acton Business School
• University of Oklahoma College of Law
• Michigan State University College of Law
• Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Pepperdine University Law School
• St. John’s College, Graduate Institute in Liberal Arts
• Valparaiso University School of Law
• George Washington University Law School
• St. John’s College, Graduate Institute in Liberal Arts
• Oregon State University College of Business
• Washington & Lee University School of Law
• University of Buckingham School of Humanities
• Ave Maria School of Law
• Phoenix School of Law
• UCLA Law School
• University of Richmond School of Law
• Liberty University, Marriage and Family Master’s Degree
• Washington University Law School
• Michigan State Law School
• Emory University Law School
And this list is not exhaustive. There are other unaccredited colleges which we haven’t been in touch with yet; they will most likely add additional schools to the list.
Here is one student’s take on his unaccredited liberal arts degree and getting into BYU law school:
After graduating with an unaccredited liberal arts degree, I obtained a half-tuition scholarship to attend law school at J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. While there, I found my unaccredited liberal arts degree to be excellent preparation. I went from grappling with hard classical texts, seeking to draw out their wisdom and developing my critical thinking, to reading hard legal texts, striving to extract the legal principles, and further honing my critical thinking. Various philosophical theories undergird our legal system, such as Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative and John Stuart Mills’ utilitarianism. Law is the practical, dirt-in-your-nails application of philosophy to seek justice in the ever-changing human situation. After graduation, I clerked for two judges–one at the district court level and one at the Idaho Court of Appeals–and continued my legal training. I currently serve as the City Attorney for the City of Idaho Falls. ~ Zachary Jones, Esquire
Technology, AI, the economy, and employment are all in flux today. There are many people making predictions, but no one really knows what’s going to happen. John Adams College has chosen to be forward-looking and educate our students for a future that no one can predict. We want our graduates prepared for whatever occurs in their future. And if that includes grad school, they will be prepared for that as well.
Jennifer Jensen
P.S. There is one thing everyone should count on: as John Adams graduates more students, this list of grad schools will only continue to grow.
President’s Letter, July 2026
There is much misperception today about education and the role it should play in society. I am hoping, over the next few months, to help clear up some of that confusion. Over the past few decades, we have stopped seeing education as a work that enlarges and expands the mind. Education is seen today as a hurdle to jump over as quickly as possible to get to “real life.” Or it’s seen as no more than the training we need for that first job after college. But that wasn’t true in times past, and it really isn’t true today. Many of our U.S. Founders received a classical liberal arts education—the only college education available during their day—and they needed it. Their education gave them historical clarity, a deep understanding of human nature, and a knowledge of how government works and why. This is why they were able to set up a constitution that would last for 250 years. What occurred in that constitutional convention so long ago was due to the type of education most of them received before they even knew they would play such a big role in history.
A solid liberal arts education doesn’t just help with writing constitutions. It also helps with all the skills that employers are begging for today. I am constantly seeing articles that speak to the problem of college grads not having the skills needed for the work. Here is a recent example. You see, the problem is parents are being told one set of ideas—send their kids to college or they will never find a job; the most important part of education is job training; college is just a hoop to jump through; etc., etc. While employers are feeling more and more frustrated with applicants and are desperate for a different set of outcomes. If you looked at the article, you will notice that job training skills are not what employers are concerned with. It’s all the other abilities that matter so much more; and those are the classical liberal arts skills which have almost disappeared today.
We’ve seen this played out in real life with many of our students. One student was hired for the summer by a company that simply wanted her to do data entry for a few days a week. Over the course of that summer, her supervisors became more and more impressed with her. They kept giving her different duties and responsibilities to try. Eventually, she was helping with almost every other job in the office. Because of her classical liberal arts education, she had no problem catching on, seeing how everything related, and knowing what needed to happen and when. By the end of the summer, the owner tried to bribe her to stay, offering, in her words, “an astronomical salary if I would stop attending JAC and come work for them full-time.” Thankfully, she turned him down. Here’s a short quote from her employer: “What set her apart most was her ability to see the big picture. She understood how different roles and functions interconnected, and used that insight to communicate effectively across the team and with management. Her strong communication skills, paired with her self-starting attitude, made her a natural fit for a collaborative environment. If her peers are anything like her, I would gladly hire more in a heartbeat.”
You see, it wasn’t job training this employer needed. He needed all the other liberal arts skills that so many are lacking today. By the time this student graduates, she will be more than prepared for any number of jobs. And moving up through the ranks will not be any more difficult for her than it was last summer. Over the next few months, I am planning on writing more about this topic, along with other topics that have to do with John Adams College and our unique education. If you have specific questions, send them in, and I will try to answer those as well.
Jennifer Jensen
P.S. In case a single article didn’t convince you, here are five more links that all basically say the same thing: JAC graduates are far ahead of their peers in the goal to provide what employers want.
Article 1 (A KSL article from those in Utah’s own Silicon Slopes)
Article 2 (This is actually a Ted Talk video and not an article)
Article 3 (Modern Age Magazine article)
Article 4 (Those liberal arts schools they mention in this article don’t have the A+ rating from ACTA. Stick with JAC, which does!)
Article 5 (CBS News article)
And one more just for good measure! (From U.S. News)