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
School policy:Students who are self-sponsored or who have permission from their sponsor may use the Career Services.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
The B-school has awarded 2068 executive MBA degrees, and 34,426 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 33,412 living MBA alumni, and 82 MBA clubs throughout 51 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
166 EMBAs will graduate in 2003, compared to 97 EMBAs that graduated in 1998.
During the past 12 months, n/a of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. n/a. 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. $371,900,000
PROGRAM CHANGES
Significant changes since 2001:
The school launched Wharton West, and graduated its first class in 2003. The school also allows students to attend classes on either coast.
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $17
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Jon M. Huntsman Hall is the locus of Wharton's culture, unifying learning, community, teamwork, and innovation. The design of the building is tailored to Wharton's innovative curriculum and interactive learning methods. With 324,000 square feet, 48 classrooms, 57 group study rooms, lecture halls, auditoriums and conference rooms - the building is one of the most sophisticated large-scale instructional center of any educational institution in the world.
The Alfred P. West Jr. Learning Lab is Wharton's development center and experimental laboratory to explore new approaches to learning. The Learning Lab develops technology-enhanced educational materials to explore new paradigms for learning and instruction.
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), a state-of-the-art data management system originally developed for Wharton faculty, is now available to researchers at more than 85 institutions, which have licensed the service, including Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Columbia, and Harvard. More than 20,000 faculty and students at top-tier business schools have used the system, which has become the standard for academic data research. The Wharton Lectern was designed by the school in conjunction with KI of Madison, WI, based on input from Wharton faculty and students. In its July 7 issue, BusinessWeek presents the Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for 2003 and has selected the Wharton Lectern for a first-place Gold Award.
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