CAREERS
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
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
The B-school has awarded 1263 executive MBA degrees, and 8,100 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 7,704 living MBA alumni, and 44 MBA clubs throughout 14 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
172 EMBAs will graduate in 2003, compared to 69 EMBAs that graduated in 1998.
During the past 12 months, 30% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $110, and a mean gift of U.S. $350. 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. $154,390,511
PROGRAM CHANGES
Significant changes since 2001:
n/a
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: n/a
Technology changes made over the past three years:
This year, the main student computer lab got a total make-over, from wiring to furniture. We added group tables as well as couches, and students have the option of using wireless connections in addition to the traditional PCs that have been available in the past. Each year, approximately one third of the student computer lab PCs are replaced with "leading edge" systems. This year, new machines were small footprint Dell computers with 2.8 Ghz Pentium 4 processors, 256 MB RAM, 18" flat panel monitors, and read/writeable CD drives. The lab also has several high-speed laser printers, and scanners.
The laptop lab we opened two years ago also was completely remodeled and expanded. Interior walls were removed, and windows were installed in the group rooms creating a more "open" feel to the area. Students have the option of using individual carrels, group tables or study rooms.
The wireless LAN was upgraded last year and now provides coverage to all student-accessible public areas such as student lounges, the library, study rooms, May Auditorium, and the Lopata Courtyard. All classroom seats now have power outlets and 100 Mb/sec network connections. The network "backbone" is fiber optic at 1 giga-bit/sec.
Prometheus eLearning courseware (now part of Blackboard, Inc.) was introduced two years ago and is available to all students and their professors. This "virtual learning community" provides Web-based access to syllabi, course materials, threaded discussions, chat and other features. Advanced users have incorporated features like video-on-demand, self-paced learning modules and interactive simulation.
New infrastructure purchases for this year included several new servers, increased disk storage to accommodate multimedia applications, and faster communications switches.
A Polycom video conferencing system is available and is often used by students for interviewing with companies. We have begun using an on-line, web-based interactive meeting service which provides a "virtual study space" for students to collaborate on projects over the web in realtime.
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