The B-school offers EMBA students access to its career services office? Yes
The B-school allows its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? Yes
School policy:Only self-sponsored and sponsored-approved students may participate in the recruiting process including access to the Career Services Office.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
The B-school has awarded 2762 executive MBA degrees, and 34,598 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 28,794 living MBA alumni, and 47 MBA clubs throughout 28 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
264 EMBAs will graduate in 2003, compared to 170 EMBAs that graduated in 1998.
During the past 12 months, 25% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $150, and a mean gift of U.S. $6,034. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million between Jan. 2001 and Oct. 2003, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $220,000,000
PROGRAM CHANGES
Significant changes since 2001:
In 2002, Columbia Business School added a new program to its portfolio of Executive MBA offerings - the Berkeley-Columbia EMBA. The school also formed a partnership with London Business School in 2001 to establish the EMBA-Global Program.
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $15,300,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Multimedia Infrastructure (mostly Classroom Instructional infrastructure): Upgraded the Media Control Center in the business/law building to improve videoconferencing and the recording of classroom content. Upgrades were done in the following areas: control of cameras, switching between input sources, and monitoring capability of classroom activities. Installed multimedia equipment in all conference rooms throughout the school to facilitate administrative meetings, faculty recruitment sessions, and PhD dissertation defenses. Substantially upgraded the school's video streaming server. Upgraded all classroom LCD projectors in Warren Hall and Uris 142/301. Added full-service multimedia teaching podia to the two remaining classrooms that did not have them; enchanced the Warren Hall Media Control Center to permit ISDN videoconference remote sites to connect to the classrooms that are IP-only; video recording and post-production equipment to allow in-house production of video content; and CD mass duplicator to facilitate in-house creation of CDs for distribution of software, data, and/or notebook configuration tools.
Networking and Systems: upgraded all network devices to high-speed switching with gigabit connectivity to the university backbone; added server for pilot video streaming project; 30 computer kiosks for to give students easy access to email and web-browsing (total of 40); provided high-end Pentium computers to all PhD students on campus, among many other things.
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