People and Places: January 2024
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![]() New ProgramsThe Haas School of Business and the Rausser College of Natural Resources at the University of California Berkeley have designed a concurrent MBA/Master of Climate Solutions (MCS) degree program that will begin enrolling students for the fall of 2024. Students will spend the first year taking MBA courses in leadership, marketing, management, finance, data analysis, ethics, macroeconomics, and sustainability. When they move to Rausser, they will take courses focusing on the climate and environmental sciences; climate economics and policies; and technological, business, and nature-based solutions. The MBA/MCS program takes five semesters to complete and is designed for early-career professionals interested in addressing sustainability and climate change challenges. Trinity Business School at Trinity College Dublin is launching a Master of Science in Responsible Business and Sustainability. The one-year, full-time program will prepare students for careers in corporate sustainability, business and human rights, and other socially responsible fields. The program will include eight core modules, including those dedicated to sustainable corporate governance; climate action; and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. Students will address current sustainable business challenges either by writing individual research dissertations or working in small-group consulting projects for corporate, public sector, or civil society organizations. Classes will begin September 2024. This spring, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington, D.C., will begin offering an MBA certificate in the business of healthcare. Taught in person, the certificate program is open to students in the full-time, Flex MBA, and Flex MBA Online programs. All students will enroll in the core Structure of Global Industries course and the Business of Healthcare elective before choosing six credits from healthcare electives offered within the business school and the university. This fall, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business will offer a new Master of Finance program designed for recent college graduates from quantitative fields of study. Students can choose to complete the program in 15 months on the standard track or in 10 months on the accelerated schedule. As a cohort, students will take courses in investments, corporation finance, data analytics, and financial accounts. They also will choose five finance electives and four electives from a subset of MBA courses. The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has launched an accelerated full-time MBA that students can complete in three semesters instead of four. The new program features the same faculty and networking opportunities as the two-year program and most of the same curriculum. To qualify for the accelerated MBA, applicants must already have taken accounting, finance, marketing, microeconomics, and operations courses. Admitted students also will be required to complete a refresher business course. The school estimates that, by taking the accelerated program, students could save about 50,000 USD in tuition and fees. IESE Business School is introducing a new executive education program tailored to local managers attending the school’s Munich campus. The six-month General Management Program (GMP) will start in November and provide participants with a fundamental understanding of general management as well as a holistic view of entrepreneurial challenges. The GMP will be taught in a part-time format in which students come to campus two-and-a-half days every three weeks. The program also includes a module taught from IESE’s Barcelona campus. In addition, IESE has launched a series of activities for Munich students, including specialized sessions for alumni and entrepreneurs. CollaborationsESSEC Business School and the International Institute of Well-Being have established a global strategic partnership in La Défense, Paris. The collaboration is designed to advance international education, enhance entrepreneurial leadership, and train global talent. This fall, EDHEC Business School in France, ESMT Berlin, and Imperial College Business School in London will launch the Global Economic Transformation and Technology (GETT) Europe master’s degree. During the three-year program, students will take courses that include risk modeling, predictive analysis, AI and society, design thinking, and technology and innovation management. Graduates will earn a master’s degree in management from EDHEC, a certificate from ESMT Berlin, and an MSc in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Management from Imperial. The program is a companion to EDHEC’s existing GETT USA–Asia program, in which students take classes at EDHEC in Paris; at the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business; and at Sungkyunkwan University’s Graduate School of Business in Seoul. Grants and DonationsThe Purdue Research Foundation at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, is receiving 100 million USD from Lilly Endowment Inc., a private foundation created by the family that founded pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. Half the money will go to the Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business and half to Purdue Computes, a university initiative that focuses on computing, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and quantum. Together, these commitments represent the largest gift in the university’s history. Part of the Lilly Endowment funding will support the construction of a new facility for the Daniels School, a 164,000-square-foot building that will connect to the school’s existing spaces. The grants, while given separately and for distinct purposes, will operate together to boost Indiana’s economy by preparing future business leaders who can manage rapid technological change. The Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville has received a 5 million USD commitment from Stephen Bachand, former president and CEO of Canadian Tire Corporation, and his wife, Phyllis. The university will match the gift with 5 million USD from its Bicentennial Professorship Fund to create a professorship focused on business ethics. If you have news of interest to share with the business education community, please send press releases, relevant images, or other information to AACSB Insights at [email protected]. |