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2003 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Carlson School of Management

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Address:		321 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455
E-Mail:		EDC@CarlsonSchool.umn.edu
Web site:		http://www.csom.umn.edu/edc
		Directions to school

ADMISSIONS

	2002-2003	1997-1998	% Change
Number of executive nondegree programs (excluding multiple sessions of same program)	42	31	35%
Executives attending above programs (not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)	972	827	17%
Attending executives who live within 45 miles of the school	94%	98%	-4%
Attending executives who live or work abroad	2%	2%	n/a
Total participant days (total participant days x total length of programs)	172	135	27%
Companies for which the school ran custom programs	14	3	366%
Custom executive programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions of one company's program)	2	0	n/a
Open-enrollment programs run overseas (excluding multiple sessions)	0	0	n/a

Executive education program founded: 1970

Attendance change in open-enrollment courses over the past 12 months: -9%

CLASS PROFILE

Open Enrollment:

Female	10%
International (1)	2%
Executives earning more than $200,000 a year	80%
Executives who are business owners	12%
Executives completely sponsored by their employers	98%
For U.S. schools only:
African-American	5%
Asian-American	3%
Hispanic-American	3%
Naitive-American	1%
White (non-Hispanic)	88%

Custom Programs:

Female	30%
International (1)	20%
For U.S. schools only:
African-American	7%
Asian-American	10%
Hispanic-American	10%
Native-American	1
White (non-Hispanic)	72%

(1) Executives from countries other than the school's home country.

TOP CORPORATE CLIENTS

Organizations that have sent the most participants to the school's executive education programs in the past five years:

Overall: 3M Co.
Cargill Company
Xcel
Carlson Co.
Medtronic

Custom programs:
Carlson Co.
Xcel
Rexam
Illbruck
Anderson

Non-degree functional programs:
3M Co.
Cargill Company
Xcel
Carlson Co.
Medtronic

Non-degree general programs:
Hormel
Carlson Company
Computer Technology
3M Co.
Alliant Technology

Participants coming from organizations the B-school has done business with for three or more years: 85%

Organizations with which the school has done business with for three or more years:
Carlson Co.
Xcel
3M Co.
Computer Technology
Alliant Technology

PRICE TAG

Range of costs for open-enrollment programs	$2,500	-	$23,000
Range of costs for custom-made executive programs	$10,000	-	$15,000

CONTACTS

Name of dean:	Lawrence M. Benveniste, Ph.D.
Dean hired as of:	Jan. 2002

Director of executive education programs:	William Scheurer

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2001:	25	1993:	--
1999:	--

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