TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $3,775,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Increased networking capabilities, upgraded servers, increased IT security, and expanded wireless access to include student common and administrative areas. Network capacity and speed has been improved with the use of 100MB switched Ethernet throughout the school with a gigabit backbone. McCombs has added nine private study rooms equipped with T1 lines and digital whiteboards. A new MBA Leadership Center has been constructed with Internet connections, a high-tech conference room, and flat screen televisions. The 275 workstations in the student computer labs have been replaced with new machines equipped with DVD/CD-RW drives and 17" LCD displays. E-mail capabilities have been improved with new servers, an upgrade to Exchange 2003, and a 66% increase in mailbox capacity. Network storage capacity has been increased significantly - graduate students have 500MB of file storage space and 17MB of web server space.
CAREER SERVICES
Do part-time MBA students have access to the career-development office? Yes
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At what point?
At any time
last year- placement if pay fee
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| Estimated percentage of part-time students that change careers during their studies | n/a |
If a full-time program is offered, are part-time MBAs permitted to interview on campus, alongside full-time students, for summer internships? Yes
If a full-time program is offered, are 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? No
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
B-school offers placement services for part-time MBA alumni? No
Alumni networking Web site:
http://mba.mccombs.utexas.edu/alumi.asp
Current part-time MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 15,261 executive MBA degrees, and 15,261 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 14,860 living MBA alumni, and 25 MBA clubs throughout 9 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 10% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $119, and a mean gift of U.S. $1,994. 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. $131,748,032
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Shannon Chapman
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