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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Willamette University

Atkinson Graduate School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Executive Development Center
      • Atkinson Graduate School of Management
      • 900 State Street
      • OR
      • Salem, 97301, Oregon
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 4
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 3
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 204
      • 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)
        • Other
      • Other accreditation by: National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

  • 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: 313
      • Full-Time MBA: 210
      • Part-Time MBA: 103
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $1,700.00
      • High: $4,750.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $18,000.00
      • High: $70,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 70 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 0 %

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

      • Female: 50 %
      • International : 2 %
      • Earning more than $200,000 annually: 30 %
      • Business owners: 10 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 25 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Utility Management Certificate Program
      • Type of Course: Open enrollment for managers in the utility industry
      • Course Length: 10 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,750.00
      • Comments: Always at full enrollment
      • Title: Sustainable Enterprise Certificate Program
      • Type of Course: Open enrollment for professionals interested in learning to create and manage sustainable organizations and initiatives
      • Course Length: 9 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,250.00
      • Comments: Participants come from all industries and sectors
      • Title: Certificate in Public Management
      • Type of Course: Open to managers working in the public sector
      • Course Length: 20 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $7,800.00
      • Comments: Participants come from local, state and federal government organizations
      • Title: Career Management & Coaching Certificate
      • Type of Course: MBA students and open enrollment for the public
      • Course Length: 8 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,800.00
      • Comments: Skill building for those wishing to take charge of their careers and help others to do the same.
      • Title: Business Essentials
      • Type of Course: In-house, custom designed for the organization's business context
      • Course Length: 8 days
      • Comments: Subjects, length, class size determined based on client need
      • Title: Negotiation
      • Type of Course: For business managers and/or lawyers
      • Course Length: 4 days
      • Comments: Usually offered in-house and customized based on the clients needs.

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 44

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 29

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 3 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 2 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 20 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 10 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 20 %
      • Other: 50 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 40 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Built a trading floor for investment fund students; built an IT enhanced collaboration style classroom; upgraded staff and faculty laptops; purchased two backup servers, AV/IT equipment for classrooms, built a rapid prototyping lab for product design
      • Amount spent: $69,521.00

  • COMMENTS

      • Primarily serving the Pacific Northwest area and targeting business, government, and not for profit participants who wish to be more competent managers, leading effectively in facing today's challenges. Willamette University's Executive Development Center prepares leaders to think holistically, act boldly and lead ethically in response to organizational and industry change.

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