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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Washington

Foster School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • UW Foster Executive Education
      • Michael G. Foster School of Business
      • University of Washington Foster School of Business
      • Box 353225
      • Seattle, 98195, Washington
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 10
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 25
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 500
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1997
      • Number of classrooms: 4
      • 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: Global Leadership Program
      • Partner(s): ChinaHRD
      • Title: Custom Visiting Executive Program
      • Partner(s): Global Education
      • Title: Multi-Discipline Management of Technology
      • Partner(s): Cornerstone Intellectual Property Foundation

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 749
      • Full-Time MBA: 248
      • Part-Time MBA: 292
      • Executive MBA: 127
      • PhD Program: 82
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,875
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $700.00
      • High: $17,500.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $10,000.00
      • High: $750,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 30 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 40 %

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

      • Female: 30 %
      • International : 25 %
      • Business owners: 25 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 75 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Executive Development Program
      • Type of Course: Part-time Leadership/Management
      • Course Length: 38 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $17,500.00
      • Comments: Mostly targets regional companies
      • Title: Global Strategy and Leadership
      • Type of Course: Strategy and Leadership Development
      • Course Length: 10 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,400.00
      • Comments: Targets both U.S. and International audience
      • Title: Pacific Rim Bankers Program
      • Type of Course: Bank Management
      • Course Length: 11 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,900.00
      • Comments: Targets banks and financial institutions
      • Title: Leadership that Shapes the Future
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,300.00
      • Title: Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Executives
      • Type of Course: Finance and Accounting
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,475.00
      • Title: Strategies for Successful Negotiations
      • Type of Course: Negotiation Skills
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,650.00
      • Title: Minority Business Executive Program
      • Type of Course: Executive Development for Minority Business Executives
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,850.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 155

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 55

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 62

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 55 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 5 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 65 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 15 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 10 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 20 %
      • International: 0 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Greatly expanded wireless capacity. Expansion of Sharepoint throughout system. Adoption of CRM system across all MBA programs.
      • Amount spent: $1,300,000.00

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

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