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2001 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
The Pennsylvania State University
The Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration

Sections:  Enrollment  | Programs | Teaching & Academics


Address: 409 Business Administration Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-3004
United States
E-Mail: psep@psu.edu
Web site: www.smeal.psu.edu/psep


ADMISSIONS

2000-2001 1995-1996% Change
Number of executive nondegree programs (excluding multiple sessions of same program)

38 2741%
Executives attending above programs (not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)

671   516  30%
Attending executives who live within 45 miles of the school 2% 0%n/a
Attending executives who live or work abroad 10% 32% -69%
Total participant days (total participant days x total length of programs) 7,3507,958-8%
Companies for which the school ran custom programs 21   18  17%
Custom executive programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions of one company's program) 1   2  -50%
Open-enrollment programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions) 1   3  -67%

Executive education program founded: 1954

Attendance change in open-enrollment courses over the past 12 months: 30%



CLASS PROFILE

Open Enrollment:
Female 22%
International (1) 23%
Underrepresented minorities (2) n/a
Executives earning more than $200,000 a year n/a
Executives who are business owners n/a
Executives completely sponsored by their employers 100%
Custom Programs:
Female 19%
International (1) 9%
Underrepresented minorities (2) n/a

(1) Executives from countries other than the school's home country.

(2) Underrepresented minority executive students are defined at U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American.



TOP CORPORATE CLIENTS

Custom programs:
Aramark Corporation Carpenter Technology Corporation
PPG Industries Inc.
Penske Logistics, Inc.
United States Marine Corps

Nondegree functional programs:
E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company Exxon Mobil Corporation
Lucent Technologies Inc.
PPG Industries Inc.
Rohm and Haas Company

Nondegree general programs:
AT&T General Motors Corporation
Lucent Technologies Inc.
Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.
United States Department of the Navy

Participants coming from organizations the B-school has done business with for three or more years: 87%

Organizations with which the school has done business with for three or more years:
AP Moller Aramark Corporation
AT&T
General Motors Corporation
Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.


COSTS

Range of costs for open-enrollment programs $2,500 - $19,500
Range of costs for custom-made executive programs n/a - n/a


CONTACTS

Name of dean: Judy D. Olian
Dean hired as of: July 21
Director of executive education programs: Jeffrey L. Spearly


 
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