School's investment in technology over the past three years: $5,100,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school launched its award-winning Catalyst intranet, a database-driven Web site that delivers classroom content. All assignments, grades, schedules, club activities, and support resources are posted on Catalyst. An Electronic Library was created and made available to all faculty members and students. The school upgraded its network infrastructure to deliver switched 10/100 Mb connections to each network port. Permanent laptops were installed in all classrooms for visiting lecturers and presentations. The schools e-mail system was upgraded to Microsoft Exchange and mailboxes were provided for all students, including e-mail forwarding for life to all graduates. The network operating system was upgraded. An extensive high-speed wireless network was installed in all public places and classrooms. The school's infrastructure was updated to include gigabit Ethernet from its server closet to the campus backbone and gigabit cards were installed in core servers. A dedicated ITM server that will provide classroom access to top-tier business applications was purchased. The school is also partnering with campus resources to provide live broadcasts and a video library of GSM classes, TA sessions, and guest speakers.
CAREER SERVICES
Do part-time MBA students have access to the career-management office? Yes
At what point? At any time
Percentage of each group of most recent graduates that:
Was continuing their education (after graduation) (1)
NA%
Was starting a new business (2)
NA%
(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
30%
Estimated percentage of part-time students that change careers during their studies
50%
Part-time MBAs permitted to interview on campus, alongside full-time students, for summer internships? No
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? Yes
The B-school has awarded 4,400 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 4,282 living MBA alumni, and 5 MBA club(s) in 1 country, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 6% 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. $167. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is $4,800,000 (U.S.)
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Sherry Angel
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