* Business Week uses the Graduate Management Admission Council's standards for reporting data.

** Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

Recruitment * Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees N/A Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation N/A Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year N/A Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] N/A

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired 1. N/A N/A 6. N/A N/A 2. N/A N/A 7. N/A N/A 3. N/A N/A 8. N/A N/A 4. N/A N/A 9. N/A N/A 5. N/A N/A 10. N/A N/A

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 N/A Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 N/A Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information N/A Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus N/A

* The information presented in this section was collected using the MBA Career Services Council's Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics

Basic Information Institution is N/A Core MBA curriculum last revised in N/A Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 N/A Laptop computer requirement N/A Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program Yes

School Concentrations / Specializations Accounting Information Management Finance Marketing Supply Chain Management Economics International Business Decision Sciences Resource Management Entrepreneurship

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years N/A

Academics Teaching Methods Lecture 60% Case study 35% Other 5% Grading system Letter grade Describe other Research projects Average number of students in core class 25 Average number of students in elective class 15 Mandatory study trip abroad? No Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? Yes

Faculty Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 90 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 0 Number of tenured professors N/A Percent of tenured professors who are female N/A Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities N/A Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 85%

Technology Amount school invested over the past three years N/A Changes made over the past three years The school has added electronic classrooms.

Tuition and Fees Resident $3,200 Nonresident $6,400 Room & board N/A Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] N/A

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003 Admissions Financial Aid Domestic International Domestic International         Does the school offer rolling admissions?   No

Dean		David Beveridge		E-mail address		N/A
Director of MBA Programs		David J. Bloomberg		E-mail address		dj-bloomberg@wiu.edu
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The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by: Name David J. Bloomberg Title Assistant Dean