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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Babson College

Olin Graduate School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Babson Executive Education
      • F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
      • 231 Forest Street
      • MA
      • Babson Park, 02457, Massachusetts
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 43
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 58
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 5,681
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1988
      • Number of classrooms: 37
      • 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)
        • Other
        • EQUIS
      • Other accreditation by: NEASC

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 1
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 17
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 45

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: 10,000 Small Businesses
      • Partner(s): Goldman Sachs
      • Title: High Impact Entrepreneurship Program
      • Partner(s): BM&F Bovespa (Brazilian Stock Exchange)
      • Title: Babson Entrepreneurship Program
      • Partner(s): Endeavor Brazil
      • Title: Saltire Fellowship Program
      • Partner(s): Scottish Enterprise
      • Title: RUSNANO Development Workshop
      • Partner(s): RUSNANO
      • Title: Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators
      • Partner(s): Banco Santander

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,373
      • Full-Time MBA: 392
      • Part-Time MBA: 930
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,007
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $149.00
      • High: $10,500.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $15,000.00
      • High: $1,200,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 57 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 21 %

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

      • Female: 39 %
      • International : 21 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 95 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Bio-Pharma: Mastering the Business of Science
      • Type of Course: Business Foundations for Life Sciences Professionals
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,250.00
      • Title: Strategic Planning and Management in Retail
      • Type of Course: Strategic Management in Retailing
      • Course Length: 7 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,950.00
      • Title: Leadership and Influence
      • Type of Course: Leadership Development
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,250.00
      • Title: Moving from Managing to Leading: The Women's Program at Babson
      • Type of Course: Women's Leadership
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,200.00
      • Title: Coaching Inside the Organization
      • Type of Course: Leadership and Internal Coaching Certificate Program
      • Course Length: 8 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $10,500.00
      • Title: Finance for Today's Nonfinancial Professionals
      • Type of Course: Financial Acumen
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,900.00
      • Title: IT Leader Development Consortium
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,250.00
      • Title: Social Media Management: Strategies and Practices for the New Social World
      • Type of Course: Social Media Strategies and Implementation
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,950.00
      • Title: Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators
      • Type of Course: Train-the-trainer program for entrepreneurs and academics
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,750.00
      • Title: Achieving IT Service Excellence
      • Type of Course: IT Management
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,600.00

    • International programs:

      • Title: Business Market Planning for DSM Business Academy
      • Type of Course: Marketing and business planning
      • Year Established: 1998
      • Title: Business Awareness Program
      • Type of Course: Business Foundations for Novartis AG
      • Country: Greece, Ireland, Germany, and other countries
      • Year Established: 2005
      • Title: Saltire Fellowship Program
      • Type of Course: Leadership development for Scottish high potentials.
      • Country: Scotland
      • Partner(s): Scottish Enterprise
      • Year Established: 2008

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 209

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 90
      • Non-Tenured: 48

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 71

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 24
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 15
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 90
      • Non-Tenured: 48

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 12 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 8 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 37 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 14 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 18 %
      • Other: 31 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 30 %
      • International: 13 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgraded network core, new computer and storage platforms in data center, ten-fold increase in internet bandwidth, Enhanced 911, PowerSave software, launched new College web site, Right Answers self-help knowledgebase, professional video studio, Qualtrics survey tool for campus, 42” LCD panels in all study rooms, digital signage, 24x7 help desk, telepresence rooms, classroom capture hardware/software, upgrade to Blackboard 9.0, Lenovo T420s for each undergraduate student.
      • Amount spent: $11,000,000.00

  • COMMENTS

      • In the past, Businessweek has published Babson's executive education programs under the name "Olin Graduate School of Business." While the MBA school at Babson is the Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson Executive Education is a separate division. Therefore, Babson's executive education programs should be referred to by the name "Babson Executive Education."

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