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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Pamplin College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Management and Professional Development
      • Pamplin College of Business - Graduate Program
      • 902 Prices Fork Road, Suite 145
      • Virginia Tech VA (MC0234)
      • Blacksburg, 24061, Virginia
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 2
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 2
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 894
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? No
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: Yes

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 2

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: Virginia Accounting & Auditing Conference
      • Partner(s): Virginia Society of CPAs
      • Title: The Institute for Leadership in Changing Times
      • Partner(s): The Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation
      • Title: Post Doctoral Bridge to Business
      • Partner(s): AACSB

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 521
      • Full-Time MBA: 94
      • Part-Time MBA: 126
      • Executive MBA: 59
      • PhD Program: 63
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,690
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other, Master of Technology, Master of Marketing

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $475.00
      • High: $32,500.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $2,000.00
      • High: $58,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 2 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 1 %

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

      • Female: 30 %
      • International : 1 %
      • Earning more than $200,000 annually: 18 %
      • Business owners: 32 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 68 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Virginia Accounting & Auditing Conference
      • Type of Course: Open enrollment: Training on Current Practices
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $425.00
      • Title: Post Doctoral Bridge to Business
      • Type of Course: Preparing academicians outside of business to become accredited to teach in business schools.
      • Course Length: 40 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $32,500.00
      • Title: Institute for Leadership in Changing Times
      • Type of Course: Leadership Development for Public Safety Professionals
      • Course Length: 8 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,250.00
      • Title: Innovation in Leadership
      • Type of Course: Exploration of Innovation within Business
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,000.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 131

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 73
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 73
      • Non-Tenured: 33

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Distance Learning: 1 %
      • Experiential Learning: 9 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 80 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 10 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 5 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 15 %
      • International: 19 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgraded physical networks to 100BaseT. Strong, reliable wireless network in 100% of Business academic buildings. Incoming students receive Windows 7/Office 2010 + all future updates as part of student fees. Upgraded public computer lab with new computers running Windows 7 64bit and maintain a classroom-style lab running Windows 7. Bloomberg terminals available for student use in the computer lab and student organization offices.
      • Amount spent: $500,000.00

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