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2005 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management
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Address: 15249 N. 59th Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85306-6000
E-Mail: executive@t-bird.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
Directions to school


ADMISSIONS

2004-2005 1999-2000% Change
Number of executive non-degree programs (excluding multiple sessions of same program)

 179 147n/a
Executives attending above programs (not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)

 9,740   4,192  n/a
Attending executives who live or work within 45 miles of the school 5% 8%n/a
Attending executives who live or work abroad 65% 57% n/a
Total participant days (total participant days x total length of programs) 25,7317,823n/a
Companies for which the school ran custom programs 131   90  n/a
Custom executive programs run abroad (excluding multiple sessions of one company's program) 98   85  n/a
Open-enrollment programs run abroad (excluding multiple sessions) 81   46  n/a

Executive education program founded: 1991
Attendance change in open-enrollment executive courses over the past 12 months: 155%
In general, how do participants find their way to your classrooms?
Employees (participants) approach managers to gain permission to attend
Management chooses which employees to send to executive programs
Training is part of employee development



CLASS PROFILE

Open Enrollment:
Female 47%
International (1) 86%

Earning more than $200,000 a year n/a
Business owners n/a
Completely sponsored by their employers n/a


For U.S. schools only:
African American students n/a
Asian American students n/a
Mexican American students n/a
Puerto Rican students n/a
Other Hispanic American students n/a
Alaskan Native of Pacific Islander American students n/a
White (non-Hispanic) students n/a
Multiethnic/Multiracial students n/a
Not reported n/a
Other n/a

Custom Programs:
Female 43%
International (1) 89%

For U.S. schools only:
African American students n/a
Alaskan Native of Pacific Islander American students n/a
Asian American students n/a
Mexican American students n/a
Puerto Rican students n/a
Other Hispanic American students n/a
White (non-Hispanic) students n/a
Multiethnic/Multiracial students n/a
Not reported n/a
Other n/a

(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:
American Express
Fidelity Investments
The Boeing Company
Ukraine Mobile Communication
Yukos

Custom programs:
Baker Hughes
Caterpilar
Honeywell
Novartis
SK Group

Non-degree functional programs:
American Express
Fidelity Investments
The Boeing Company
Ukraine Mobile Communication
Yukos

Non-degree general programs:
American Express
Honeywell
Intel
SAP
The Boeing Company

Participants coming from organizations the B-school has done business with for three or more years: 48%

Organizations with which the school has done business with for three or more years:
Baker Hughes
Honeywell
Mattel
SK Group
Textron

PRICE TAG

Range of costs for open-enrollment programs $900 - $9,950
Range of costs for custom-made executive programs n/a - n/a


CONTACTS

Name of dean: Kay Keck
Dean hired as of: Mar. 2000
Director of executive education programs: Jérôme Couturier


 
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2002:  Second tier    1992:  --    
2000:  Second tier    1990:  --    
1998:  Second tier    1988:  --    
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2001:  21    1993:  --    
1999:  --    

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2003:  13    1997:  --    
2001:  16    1993:  --    
1999:  17    1991:  --    

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