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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Connecticut

School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • School of Business
      • 2100 Hillside Road U-1040
      • CT
      • Storrs, 062791041, Connecticut
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 1
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 2
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 191
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? No
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: No

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 2

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,047
      • Full-Time MBA: 106
      • Part-Time MBA: 827
      • Executive MBA: 56
      • PhD Program: 58
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,897
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $1,605.00
      • High: $2,040.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $8,500.00
      • High: $8,925.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 1 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 0 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 61 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 86 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Northeast Utilities Financial Excellence Program
      • Type of Course: Custom
      • Course Length: 35 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $255,000.00
      • Title: UTC Leadership Program
      • Type of Course: selected graduate level course
      • Course Length: 7 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $142,800.00
      • Title: Business Mastery Certificate Program for Public Service Professionals
      • Type of Course: Open Enrollment
      • Course Length: 7 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $30,600.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 147

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 56
      • Non-Tenured: 46

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 53
      • Non-Tenured: 48

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Lectures: 60 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 70 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 30 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 40 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New server farm, multimedia communications system, teleconferencing for all campuses, transition to complete virtual server u-infrastructure, and virtual desktop implementation.
      • Amount spent: $3,200,000.00

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

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