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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Wisconsin, Madison

School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Wisconsin Executive Education
      • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin School of Business
      • Fluno Center
      • 601 University Avenue
      • Madison, 53715, Wisconsin
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 67
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 66
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 3,704
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 2000
      • Number of classrooms: 4
      • 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

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 4
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 30

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 519
      • Full-Time MBA: 228
      • Part-Time MBA: 163
      • Executive MBA: 77
      • PhD Program: 51
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,940
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $795.00
      • High: $2,095.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 40 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 1 %

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

      • International : 1 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Project Management: Planning, Scheduling, and Control
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,795.00
      • Title: Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Executives
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,095.00
      • Title: How to Influence Without Direct Authority
      • Type of Course: Open Enrollment
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,895.00
      • Title: Accelerated Six Sigma
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,895.00
      • Title: Project Leadership Communication
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,395.00
      • Title: Product Manager Imperatives
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,390.00
      • Title: Managing Project Risks
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,795.00
      • Title: Business Acumen and Strategy for Managers
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,895.00
      • Title: Business Acumen and Strategy: An Applied Simulation
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,095.00
      • Title: The Manager's Role as Leader
      • Type of Course: open enrollment
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,895.00

    • International programs:

      • Title: Communication Skills
      • Partner(s): International Executive Education Institute
      • Year Established: 2011
      • Title: Product Management
      • Country: United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
      • Partner(s): Johnson Controls Inc.
      • Year Established: 2011
      • Title: Product Management
      • Country: Belgium (Brussels)
      • Partner(s): Johnson Controls Inc.
      • Year Established: 2011

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 130

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 56
      • Non-Tenured: 56

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 38

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 1 %
      • Experiential Learning: 39 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 23 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 23 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 54 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 30 %
      • International: 1 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: WSoB is replacing the graduate and undergraduate admission and career management system with a customer relation database. Upgraded email system integrates the calendar and CRM. Improved research database pages catalogs of faculty journal papers and books. Online e-forms for office operations. Student workspace created with video monitors for group project collaboration and simulates a corporate setting. Upgraded Wi-Fi for faster speeds for student laptops and video conferencing/streaming.
      • Amount spent: $300,000.00

  • COMMENTS

      • Clarification on custom executive education program costs: program costs vary across disciplines and type of customization to the program.

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