School's investment in technology over the past three years: $1,014,871
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Computer Labs: Added three new servers to suport increased demand of the teaching and homework labs. Added three high-speed laser printers. Replaced 85 lab workstations. Upgraded the memory in 160 workstations. Upgraded to Windows 2000 Professional on the workstations and Windows Advanced Server on the servers. Added key software; ColdFusion, Oracle 8i, Great Plains Dynamics and Oracle Applications 11i. Increased the number of Oracle Tools used as part of the teaching curriculum such as Developer, Designer, Discoverer, JBuilder. Upgraded to Microsoft Office 2000, FrontPage 2000 and Visual Studio 6.0. Added numberouse other software programs. Continuous increse in the number of classes using the Teaching Labs as part of their curriculum. For the entire college: Converted from Banyan Vines networking to Windows Networking. Replaced a significant number of workstations. Added Faculty research tools such s Standard and Poors Research Insight and CRST (The University of Chicago's Center for Research in Security Prices).
CAREER SERVICES
Do part-time MBA students have access to the career-management office? Yes
At what point? After the first year
Percentage of each group of most recent graduates that:
Was continuing their education (after graduation) (1)
5%
Was starting a new business (2)
n/a
(1) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies
(2) Starting a new business as owner. Do not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business
Estimated percentage of part-time students who use the career management office
23%
Estimated percentage of part-time students that change careers during their studies
17%
Part-time MBAs permitted to interview on campus, alongside full-time students, for summer internships? Yes
Part-time MBAs permitted to interview on campus, next to full-time students, for full-time jobs? Yes
Part-time students included in resume drops before recruiters visit campus? Yes
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
B-school offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Alumni networking Web site:
Current MBAs given access to alumni database? No
The B-school has awarded 2,554 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,508 living MBA alumni, and 1 MBA club(s) in 1 country, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 1% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $250, and a mean gift of U.S. $115. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is n/a (U.S.)
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Myra Weakland
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