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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Florida Atlantic University

College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Florida Atlantic University College of Business
      • 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. 92, Ste. 201
      • FL
      • Boca Raton, 33431, Florida
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? Yes
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Name: FAU Executive Programs
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 120
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 10
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 2,000
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 2004
      • Number of classrooms: 5
      • 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: 20

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: Project Management
      • Partner(s): Key Performance, LLC
      • Title: Six Sigma
      • Partner(s): Key Performance, LLC
      • Title: Corporate Finance
      • Partner(s): The Florida Institute of Finance
      • Title: Certified Internal Auditor
      • Partner(s): The IIA Chapter, Palm Beach

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,436
      • Full-Time MBA: 387
      • Part-Time MBA: 791
      • Executive MBA: 216
      • PhD Program: 42
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 5,582
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other, Master of International Management/Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $169.00
      • High: $4,495.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $3,000.00
      • High: $100,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 98 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 2 %

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

      • Female: 50 %
      • International : 2 %
      • Earning more than $200,000 annually: 1 %
      • Business owners: 25 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 40 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
      • Type of Course: Finance
      • Course Length: 70 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,550.00
      • Title: The Executive Certificate in Project Management
      • Type of Course: Project Management
      • Course Length: 15 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,995.00
      • Title: Project Management Prep
      • Type of Course: Prep
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,995.00
      • Title: Six Sigma Green Belt
      • Type of Course: Six Sigma
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,995.00
      • Title: Financial and Estate Planning in Retirement
      • Type of Course: Finance
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $149.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 190

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 66
      • Non-Tenured: 61

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 63

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 15
      • Non-Tenured: 39

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 25
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 66
      • Non-Tenured: 29

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 40 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 1 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 0 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 10 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 90 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 40 %
      • International: 1 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Technology upgrades to support new online bachelors programs; enhanced research software and database subscriptions; pilot video streaming instructional program began; servers and instructional equipment updates.
      • Amount spent: $505,000.00

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

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