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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Hawaii

The University of Hawaii

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Shidler College of Business
      • 2404 Maile Way,
      • Suite A303
      • Honolulu, 96822, Hawaii
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? Yes
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Name: Executive Education Center
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 1
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 7
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 120
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1954
      • Number of classrooms: 1
      • 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: 3

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

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      • Partner(s): 0
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    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 491
      • Full-Time MBA: 60
      • Part-Time MBA: 104
      • Executive MBA: 33
      • PhD Program: 30
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 885
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other, Master of Human Resources

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $2,000.00
      • High: $15,745.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $20,000.00
      • High: $130,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 100 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 0 %

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

      • Female: 50 %
      • International : 0 %
      • Earning more than $200,000 annually: 0 %
      • Business owners: 0 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 0 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Hawaii Management Program
      • Type of Course: Executive Management
      • Course Length: 20 days
      • Title: n/a
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    • International programs:

      • Title: n/a

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 84

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 44
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 44
      • Non-Tenured: 16

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Distance Learning: 15 %
      • Experiential Learning: 0 %
      • Lectures: 100 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 20 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 0 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 80 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 1 %
      • International: 0 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: purchased 100 new computers for student use. Renovated classroom to allow for interactive distance learning
      • Amount spent: $150,000.00

  • COMMENTS

      • The Shidler College of Business Executive Education Center at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa leverages its unique expertise in Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific business. Since 1977, the Executive Education Center has offered a wide range of programs for business professionals working in Hawai`i, the US mainland and the Asia-Pacific region.

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

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