The B-school offers EMBA students access to its career services office: No
The B-school allows its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs: No
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
The B-school has awarded 797 executive MBA degrees, and 5,611 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 5,515 living MBA alumni, and 17 MBA clubs, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
116 EMBAs will graduate in 2001, compared to 50 EMBAs that graduated in 1996.
During the past 12 months, 28% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $100, and a mean gift of U.S. $603. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $87,000,000
Significant changes since 1999:
To increase flexibility for students, Kenan-Flagler started to offer many courses in a variety of formats, including distance learning and three-day executive education-style electives. A few examples include electives on values-driven leadership, information technology management, strategic innovation and consumer database marketing. The school is partnering with top private sector organizations (one in leadership, one in branding) to offer new courses and develop students’ leadership and marketing skills. Always in a continuous improvement mode, Kenan-Flagler adjusts course offerings based on student feedback
and business trends. Since EMBA courses are staggered and do not need to conform to any predefined number of sessions, the number of times any one core course meets can be adjusted. Courses can be moved in and out of the core, depending on demand and faculty strengths. For example, Kenan-Flagler moved a core second quantitative methods course to an elective and replaced it with a new core strategic information technology course.
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $7,000,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Faculty, staff, and students now have wireless access to the school’s network anytime and without being tied to cables and network ports. The school's high-tech CTM Investment Foundation Trading Room offers students the same software, databases, online information, and teleconferencing tools available to Wall Street professionals. Kenan-Flagler developed a web-based intranet portal and application environment for students and faculty. The school integrated Exchange 2000 to increase services for PDAs and handheld computers and improved all video and multimedia display capabilities at both the main and executive education campuses to facilitate computer-enabled training and instruction. A cutting-edge technology-based learning environment was implemented at the Rizzo Center (executive education center), which includes high-speed access, the latest videoconferencing and web-based instructional technology solutions, and collaboration environments. The school maintains over 2,800 high-speed network Internet connections in its McColl Building.
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