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Merage Starts Annual Financial Literacy Program
The Paul Merage School of Business has launched its fourth annual Financial Literacy Summer Residential Program, hosted by the Center for Investment and Wealth Management (CIWM) on Sunday, August 10, 2014. The event is being held for 30 eighth and ninth grade boys. The weeklong program, held on the UCI campus, will run through August 16, 2014.
“The primary purpose of our Financial Literacy program is to provide a foundation of financial knowledge, while creating an enjoyable environment and summer experience for underprivileged students from the surrounding area,” said Lee Anne Maki, associate director for the CIWM. “Our ultimate goal is to endow the Financial Literacy Summer Residential so that we may concentrate on increasing the number of students we can positively affect each year.”
Sloan Prof Appointed to Financial Research Advisory Committee
MIT Sloan professor Simon Johnson was appointed as one of 11 new members of the Financial Research Advisory Committee of the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research. The Financial Research Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Office of Financial Research on matters related to financial stability.
“The OFR has a very important task ahead of it. Financial stability is a goal that is broadly shared, but people differ on how best to achieve it and how much progress we’ve made since the financial crisis,“ said Johnson. “I’m honored to have the opportunity to serve on this committee and help tackle this issue.”
“I’ve worked on financial stability issues throughout my academic career as well as in work with the private sector,” he said. “I’m looking forward to applying my knowledge and experience to support the OFR.”
Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C.
LeBow Featured in Fortune Mag. Story
Fortune Magazine featured Drexel University and LeBow College of Business in a story about the success of college co-op programs. The story discusses the advantages that students who attend universities with a co-op program have in the job market after graduation.
The following is an excerpt from the Fortune Magazine article:
Employment Report Cites 83% Employment Rate for Cranfield MBA Grads
Cranfield School of Management is pleased to announce that 83% of the MBA class of 2013 was employed within three months of graduating, with an average salary increase of £31,576.
According to the MBA Employment Report for the class of 2013, the average salary package post for Cranfield is £78,355, and 85% of the cohort changed role as a result of their MBA. Cranfield’s strength as a general management school for future leaders is reflected in the report results, with 26% of students securing senior management or director-level positions on completion of the program.
Colin Hudson, Director of Career Development at Cranfield School of Management commented: “The MBA class of 2013 were an extremely proactive group, connecting with the Career Development Service from day one of their program. This is clearly reflected in their employment results.” Continue reading…
Babson Ranked No. 1 by Money Mag
Money magazine has named Babson College the No. 1 college in America on its new List of Best Colleges. According to the magazine, the rankings are based on “a new approach to ranking colleges that uses unique measures of educational quality, affordability, and career outcome s to help families find the right school at the right price.”
According to Money magazine, “Consider our overall winner, Babson College, in suburban Boston. Quality of education? Check. Babson specializes in business and entrepreneurship but also gives students a well-rounded education in liberal arts and sciences and lots of opportunity for hands-on project-based learning. Big financial payoff? Check again. Babson grads go on to earn hefty salaries, and the list of ventures they’ve started is impressive, including Home Depot and Zumba Fitness.”
La Salle Student Selected for Kemper Scholars Program
La Salle University sophomore Matthew Fritz has been selected for the Kemper Scholars Program. The program helps prepare students for leadership and service, especially in the fields of organizational administration and business.
For the next three years, Fritz will receive a scholarship from the program. This summer, he will attend a Kemper Scholars conference in Chicago to learn about research done by Kemper Scholars who are college juniors and seniors and participating in internships.
In 2015 and 2016, Fritz will participate in internships. The first will be with a non-profit organization in Chicago. The second can be with a nonprofit or for-profit organization in the United States or overseas.
USC Professor Wins Impact Award
The distinguished professor of business and founder/director of Marshall School of Business-USC‘s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) Ed Lawler has made it his life’s work to examine the intersection of management theory and practice. When he founded the CEO in 1979, he intended to create a unique hybrid, a think tank and a research center.
Today the CEO is not only the longest running center of its kind; it is also recognized as a leading management research organization, attracting top scholars and key business partners from around the globe.
Now in its 35th year, the CEO is being recognized by the Academy of Management (AOM), the largest professional organization for management scholars and business school professors in the world, for its wide-reaching accomplishments.
McDonough Offering Intensive Learning Experiences to Evening MBAs
The McDonough School of Business is offering seven Intensive Learning Experiences (ILEs) for Evening MBAs this summer. These courses cover topics beyond the school’s core curriculum and other electives, and are offered in short time periods usually lasting between one-to-two weeks.
“ILEs allow us to deliver innovative course topics that aren’t traditionally offered at a business school. Students are able to learn about issues that are highly relevant to their career interests — the business of water, for example — that don’t necessarily ‘fit’ in a standard curriculum,” said Kerry Pace, associate dean for MBA programs. Continue reading…
Startup Spotlight: Kellogg’s Better Weekdays
This article was originally sourced from “Start Me Up: Chris Motley ’11,” part of Kellogg’s “Start Me Up” series, which spotlights members of the Kellogg community who are putting their entrepreneurial visions into practice.
Companies tend to hire on skills and fire on fit–after all fit is something hard to quantify over an interview process. Better Weekdays hopes to change that dynamic. Founded by former Kellogg School of Management student Chris Motley in 2012, the career-management platform uses big data and analytics to match job-seeking professionals with candidate-seeking companies, based on compatibility and cultural fit. To date, the website maintains approximately more than 300,000 job postings. Continue reading…
Leavey Alum. Named VP of Marketing at RiseSmart
Karin Bootsma Leavey School of Business MBA ’89 alumnus, has been named the new vice president of marketing at RiseSmart, a leading company in enterprise career management solutions. In this position, Bootsma will build upon RiseSmart’s market leadership and focus on creating marketing programs that grow the foundation for ongoing customer, sales and channel success in each of the company’s markets.
Bootsma brings over 20 years of high-tech, HCM and SaaS marketing experience, including seven years as vice president of marketing at public and private companies. She joins RiseSmart from Monster Worldwide, where she led Product Marketing, HR Alliances and Monster’s Talent Management Suite. Bootsma also drove product marketing for several new products, such as Monster’s semantic resume search products.
Grace Lemmon Talks Business Trends With Kellstadt
Grace Lemmon, DePaul’s assistant professor of management and alumna, has studied how trends involving women in the business world have effected today’s workplace. Among these trends impacting the business worlds are: more women in the corporate ranks, multiple generations in the workforce and the bust- and-boom economic cycle.
Lemmon recently discussed what her studies revealed about today’s evolving workforce in a Q&A with Robin Florak from the DePaul’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. Here are a few excerts from that conversation: Continue reading…
McDonough Prof. Examines Grad School Motivations in Millennials
In the study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, “Even the Best Laid Plans Sometimes Go Askew: Career Self-Management Processes, Career Shocks and the Decision to Pursue Graduate Education”, McDonough School of Business Professor Brooks Holtom and his co-authors investigated what motivates millennials to leave an organization and return to school during the first three years of their career. Continue reading…
Professional MBA
Binghamton Professional MBA Program Structure
The Binghamton Fast-Track Professional MBA program takes place over the course of one year. Students meet on Saturdays and attend class from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fall and spring semesters have four courses each, while the summer semester rounds out with five courses before graduation in August.
There are different structure options for applicants with varying backgrounds:
- Four-Semester MBA option – available to students of all undergraduate majors
- One-Year MBA option – available to students of all majors with prerequisite coursework in statistics and economics
- Management/MBA 4+1 program – available to students who have earned a bachelor’s degree in business from an AACSB-accredited school within the last five years
- Harpur/MBA 4+1 program – available to current Binghamton University undergraduates in Harpur College of Arts and Sciences
- Watson/MBA 4+1 program – available to current Binghamton University undergraduates in the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science
Curriculum
Most students, arranged into cohorts, follow the same 13-course schedule, as the time constraints of the program do not allow for selection of differing coursework. However, students specializing in Business Analytics replace courses in Business Consulting and Special Topics in Management with Statistical Analysis and Data Mining and Marketing Analytics. Courses for all students include Customer Value Management, Managerial Communications, and Strategic Management.
Class Profile
The most recent Binghamton Professional MBA class featured 107 students. Women made up just over 33 percent of the class, with minority students making up 18.7 percent, and international students making up 23.4 percent, respectively.
The current class skews slightly young, at 22-years old on average. These students earned an average GMAT score of 612, a GPA of 3.53, and enrolled with about 15 months of previous professional work experience.
Career Statistics
The average base salary of Binghamton MBA graduates is $64,700, with 79 percent of grads employed within three months of earning their degree.
Tuition, Scholarships, and Financial Aid
Tuition for the Binghamton Professional MBA program totals $37,500 for the one-year program. Financial Aid is available through Binghamton University’s Financial Aid Services.
Additionally, full-time students are expected to pay $2,326 per year in fees, and $19,517 for other expenses, including room and board, books, and more.
Admissions
Candidates must apply online. Along with the aforementioned requirement of recent graduation from an undergraduate business program, applicants must submit: undergraduate transcript(s), two letters of recommendation, a current resume, GMAT scores, and a personal statement that describes the applicant’s career goals. The application fee is $75.
Application deadlines are as follows:
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with sessions starting in the spring, summer, and fall.
Booth Research Presented at White House Summit on Working Families
Sunil Kumar, dean at the Booth School of Business, addressed the White House Summit on Working Families on June 23, 2014. Kumar told the summit that corporate leaders of the future will need to provide a supportive environment for a workforce consisting of substantially more women. Continue reading…
Executive MBA
Chapman University Executive MBA Program Structure
The Chapman University Executive MBA (EMBA) program at Argyros School of Business allows advanced career professionals the ability to get a more strategically focused education in business and management. The program is a lockstep cohort program in which students will take a structured, sequential schedule of classes with a group of peers. The program includes three residential courses including one international. The EMBA boasts individual coaching as well as residential courses in places like Asia and Washington D.C. The program requires 47 credits and is 21 months in duration, and classes meet on Thursday nights and Saturday mornings.
Curriculum
The Chapman University Executive MBA consists of six terms, spanning 21 months. The terms vary widely in length and content, with some (like the Interterm in year one) consisting of only two credits and others requiring a greater time commitment. There are two fall and spring terms, in addition to one Interterm (between fall and spring) and one summer session.
The program also includes three residential learning opportunities, located in San Diego, Washington DC, and a rotating location in Asia.
Tuition, Scholarships, and Financial Aid
The tuition for the Chapman University Executive MBA program factoring in lab fees is $110,685. This includes cost of tuition, a laptop and tech support, six sessions per year with an executive coach, hotel and lodging for three residential seminars, textbooks, pre-class meals, tutors, and parking.
Chapman gives grants to those applicants who demonstrate exceptional merit. The criteria for grants include GMAT/GRE scores, work experience, undergraduate GPA, and “other relevant experience.” Grants start at $3,000 and can equal as much as full tuition. No separate application is needed to apply for grants, although those seeking grants are encouraged to apply early, given that the amount of grant money given each year is limited.
Admissions
Chapman lists the following as required for an application for the EMBA program: an updated resume, completion of the online application, a personal statement (within the online application), your undergraduate transcript, Official GMAT, GRE or Executive Assessment (EA) score (waived based on work experience and interview), and two letters of recommendation. Interviews are required for the EMBA program.
In addition, International applicants are required to submit their score on the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or the Pearson Test of English (PTE), a copy of their diploma, and an international supplemental application form.
GMAT/GRE waivers are available for select students.
Application Deadlines
Early Action: March 1, 2022
Regular Deadline: June 1, 2022
Flexible MBA
Chapman University Flexible MBA Program Structure
The Flex MBA program is offered in a highly flexible format, allowing students to customize their pathway with weekday classes at a part time or full time pace. Working professionals who want to maintain momentum in their career may complete the program with all evening courses, while students who prefer a more traditional path may complete the program with day or evening courses. The program can take between 21-28 month program with fall and spring enrollments.
Curriculum
The Chapman University Flexible MBA curriculum has three main components: core/required courses, a capstone course, and elective courses. Students have the option to pursue “emphases” in their degrees, which are comprised of 12 credits in elective courses. Overall, students must complete 50 credits in order to graduate. The core courses comprise 31 credits, electives 15 credits, and the capstone course worth four credits.
Students have the opportunity to personalize their MBA program by pursuing an area of specialization using only 3 electives. While the specialization will not be recorded on the transcript or diploma, it can be referenced on a resume. Students must meet all prerequisites in order to enroll in a course. Specialization areas are as follows: Accounting, Business Analytics, Entertainment & Media Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Global Business, Marketing, and Strategic Management.
Part-Time MBA Rankings
• U.S. News & World Report: 168 (tie)
Class Profile
The average student in the Chapman University Flexible MBA program enters with a GMAT score of between 530-610 and an undergraduate GPA ranging between 3.0-3.5. The average age of students is between 26-34 with a range of 3-8 years of work experience. The class is made up of 46% women while 11% are international students.
Tuition, Scholarships, and Financial Aid
The Chapman University Flexible MBA program costs $1,720 per credit, which puts the total tuition around, $86,000 not including fees.
Chapman gives grants to those applicants who demonstrate exceptional merit. The criteria for grants include GMAT/GRE scores, work experience, undergraduate GPA, and other relevant experience. Grants start at $3,000 and can equal as much as full tuition. No separate application is needed to apply for grants, although those seeking grants are encouraged to apply early, given that the amount of grant money given each year is limited.
Admissions
Chapman lists the following as required for an application for the Flexible MBA: an updated resume, completion of the online application, a personal statement (within the online application), your undergraduate transcript, a GMAT or GRE score, and two letters of recommendation. Interviews are conducted on the basis of invitation.
In addition, International applicants are required to submit their score on the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or the Pearson Test of English (PTE), a copy of their diploma, and an international supplemental application form.
GMAT/GRE waivers are available for select students. Explicit work experience requirements are not provided by the school.
Application Deadlines
March 1
June 1
Full-Time MBA
Chapman University Full-Time MBA Program Structure
The Chapman University full-time MBA program at Argyros School of Business functions as a traditional graduate program, in which students take classes during the day over the course of 16-21 months. Core courses required by the program are taken as a cohort in planned, sequential order. Elective courses can be taken in afternoon and evening sessions. The program consists of 35 credits of core courses and 15 credits of electives, totaling 50 credits.
Curriculum
The Chapman University full-time MBA curriculum has three main components: core/required courses, a capstone course, and elective courses. Students have the option to pursue tracks in their degrees, though these will not show up on their diplomas. Tracks include Finance, Marketing, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Accounting, Entertainment and Media Management, Strategic Management, and Global Business, and may utilize only three electives. Overall, students must complete 50 credits in order to graduate. Students can pursue a 12-elective-credit emphasis in Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, or marketing. The core courses comprise 31 credits, electives 15 credits, and the capstone course worth four credits.
Full-Time MBA Rankings
• U.S. News & World Report: #74 nationally
• U.S. News & World Report: #3 private program on the West Coast
• U.S. News & World Report: #7 in California
Class Profile
The average student in the Chapman University full-time MBA program enters with a GMAT score of 600-710 and an undergraduate GPA of 3.4.4.0. The average student in this program has 2-5 years of work experience, and while the full-time MBA program does not require work experience, it is desired. About 48 percent of students in the full-time MBA are female, and 52 percent are male. Nearly 21 percent of students in the program are international.
Career Statistics
According to the most recent Chapman University employment report, 69 percent of students had full-time job offers within one year of graduation.
Tuition, Scholarships, and Financial Aid
The Chapman University full-time MBA program costs $1,720 per credit, which puts the total tuition around $86,000—not including fees.
Chapman gives grants to those applicants who demonstrate exceptional merit. The criteria for grants include GMAT/GRE scores, work experience, undergraduate GPA, and other relevant experience. Grants start at $3,000 and can equal as much as full tuition. No separate application is needed to apply for grants, although those seeking grants are encouraged to apply early, given that the amount of grant money given each year is limited.
Admissions
The following information is required for admissions to the Chapman Full-Time MBA
- Submit the online application
- Resume
- Statement of Intent
- Official transcript from undergraduate institution
- Official GMAT or GRE score
- Two letters of recommendation
- Interview
- International applicants are also required to submit TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE scores, a copy of a diploma, as well as an international graduate student supplemental form.
GMAT/GRE waivers are available for select students. Explicit work experience requirements are not provided by the school.
Application Deadlines
Early Action: October 1, 2021
Priority Deadline: February 1, 2022
Regular Deadline: June 1, 2022
Smith Adds Staff Member Dedicated to Military Students
For the first time, active-duty soldiers and veterans taking classes at the Robert H. Smith School of Business have a dedicated staff member to help make their transition from duty to the classroom easy and help them reached their career goals— The school has appointed Richard Campbell as director of military and veteran affairs. Continue reading…
