Thanks for the many contributions to the Women and Executive MBA series
In March, the Executive MBA Council asked members for information about best practices and alumni to feature as part of a series of stories on women and the Executive MBA.
The response was significant, and this issue of Exchange features the results of the contributions of many programs and alumni of programs.
Because of the interest in the topic, the council will continue to look for additional ways to share information and to encourage the participation of women in Executive MBA Programs. As a result, we will keep the information and names that programs submitted for possible use at another time.
We want to thank the following council members for their willingness to help with this issue.
Gordon Arbogast, Jacksonville University, Florida
Curt Bayer, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Linda Carlone, University of New Haven
Jan Cosby, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Barbara Carpenter, Thunderbird
Susan Carver West, University of Alabama
Ann Carrel, Northern Illinois University
Leanna Christie, Santa Clara University
Karen Courtney, San Diego State University
Randall Dunham, University of Wisconsin
Stephen Gauthier, Rollins College
Leslye Gervasi, Wake Forest
David Goodwin, Zayed University
Randy Johnson, Yale University
Kirk Hansen, Baylor University
Roy Hinton, George Washington University
Karolien Kampstra, Tilberg University
Jeannie Lahman, Case Western Reserve University
Sara Lithwick, University of Ottawa
Mara McKee, Ohio State University
Ursula Opper, WHU-Kellogg
Christina Oldham, Claremont Graduate University
Kristin Olmstead, University of Michigan
James Parker, Pace University
Jamie Patterson, University of Central Florida
Ellen Pepe, Villanova University
Penny Oslund, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jean Trudeau, University of St. Thomas
Barry Van Dyck, University of Notre Dame
Ann Vereecke, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
Kimberly Wilkerson, Wichita State University
This issue features comments and information from the following contributors. We want to recognize and thank them for their contributions.
Jana Allen, Baylor University
Marion Armstrong, student, Texas Christian University
Paul Brown, New York University
Joan Coonrod, Emory University
Brenda Daraiseh, Texas Christian University
Laura Bostrom, Texas A & M
Karen Campbell, University of Missouri
Kathleen Corbet, alumnae, New York University
Danny Cushing, University of Toronto
Beatrix Dart, University of Toronto
Abha Divine, alumnae, University of Texas at Austin
Jacquelyn Fredrick, alumnae, University of Wisconsin
Bob Gilliver, University of South Australia
Anne Herbert, Helsinki University
David Jemison, University of Texas at Austin
Katharina Jehle, alumnae, University of Toronto
Guy Johnson, University of Wisconsin
Malgosia Karsowska-Feigen, Northwestern University
Karyl Leggio, University of Missouri
Laura McManus, alumnae, Texas A & M
Margaret Mee, alumnae, University of South Australia
Christine Pans, alumnae, RSM Erasmus University
Lori Rockhead, alumnae, University of Toronto
Rick Rudolph, RSM Erasmus University
Kathleen Sanchez, INSEAD
Diane Sharp, University of Pennsylvania
Debora Sepich, George Fox University
Linden Selby, London School of Business
Ibrahim Tabsh, University of Sharjah
Emily Takieddine, Emory University
Echo Teng, alumnae, Helsinki University
Register for the 2006 Student Exit Benchmarking Survey
In 2006, the Executive MBA Council added new features to the survey and financial incentives for member programs to participate. And programs are responding: By mid-May, more than 70 programs have registered for the 2006 Student Exit Benchmarking Survey, including more than 30 new participants.
The survey measures the opinions of your graduating students on areas that are critical to program success. It also allows you to compare your results with other programs through anonymous peer reports and against all programs through aggregate results.
A new option is available to participants of the Student Exit Benchmarking Survey. Percept Research now is offering an in-depth analysis of trending and peer benchmarking as a separate Executive Summary to complement the competitive intelligence report. This report is offered to meet the needs requested by participants.
The Executive Summary provides valuable information, says Rob Sandruck, director of operations for the Duke MBA – Cross Continent.
“The executive summary consolidates the extensive data collected from the exit survey into a concise and useful report,” he says. “It provides a synopsis of essential information that can be easily shared with various constituents and used to begin critical discussions for future strategic action plans.”
It’s not too late to participate in the Student Exit Benchmarking Survey.
The survey is easy to administer, cost-effective, and saves you time. Choose from print or online survey options and receive high-level summaries two weeks after the survey period ends. You also can customize your survey by adding your own questions.
For information or to register, contact surveysupport@perceptresearch.com or visit www.embac.org/studentexitregister and enter your portal passcode. Click this link if you need to retrieve your portal access code:
http://www.embaresearch.org/survey/directory_password.pl
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The Executive Summary report option can be selected from the Student Exit Survey registration page of your portal. Please contact brian.mahoney@perceptresearch.com for additional information.
Complete your 2006 Program Survey
Don’t forget to complete your 2006 Executive MBA Council Program Survey before June 2, 2006. The Program Survey offers the most comprehensive look at Executive MBA Programs worldwide.
The 2006 Program Survey includes new options for designating administrative and prospective alert contacts for your program. Administrative designates will receive e-mails from the council regarding dues and membership status while prospective alert designates will receive e-mail alerts from prospective students who have located your program through the Executive MBA Council online directory and are requesting additional information. Each program will be asked to select at least one designate.
In addition, to avoid double counting of joint programs in the aggregate reporting analysis, the council is asking members with joint programs to select and indicate only one school entry for inclusion in the “All Programs” grouping. This selection will not affect individual reports or council directory listings. Joint programs may wish to consult with their partners on this designation before completing the Program Survey.
The independent firm, Percept Research, is again administering the survey this year to ensure confidentiality.
Learn about the USA/Canada Midwest Regional Meeting
Purdue University hosted the USA/Canada Midwest Regional Meeting April 25-26, which attracted 34 participants from 16 universities, as well as three corporate members.
The meeting included an evening aboard the Boiler Maker Special, Purdue's official mascot that resembles a train locomotive, as well as a quick campus tour that started at the Union Club and finished at the Buchanan Suites at Ross-Ade Stadium. A small but talented singing group from the Purdue Glee Club serenaded the guests with music from the 50s.
Diane Dennis, associate dean of programs and student services and finance professor at the Krannert School of Management, welcomed participants before Wednesday’s presentations at the new Rawls Hall, home to the Krannert School of Management.
Logan Jordon, associate dean for administration at Krannert, provided a strategic snapshot of the Executive MBA industry today in the first presentation, Initiatives in Executive Education: New Technologies, New Format, New Competitors.
Mara McKee from Ohio State University and David Ardis from the University of Michigan looked at the factors that influence the rankings of Business Week, Financial Times, and U.S. News and World Report in their presentation, Getting Ranked – Two Perspectives.
Participants also received an update on the latest initiatives of the Executive MBA Council from Maury Kalnitz, managing director of the Executive MBA Council, and Barry Van Dyck, board member and director of degree programs, executive education, at Notre Dame. They also shared ideas about ways that the council could better serve its members.
Patty Keegan, director, Executive MBA Program North America, University of Chicago, and Julie Ferguson from the University of Chicago shared preliminary insights from information that was gathered for a series of stories on women and the Executive MBA, which appears in this issue of Exchange.
Chuck Johnson, director, Full-Time and Executive Masters Program, Purdue University, ended the meeting with closing comments.
Many thanks to the planning team at Purdue University who organized a great conference:
Erika Steuterman, director, Executive MBA Programs
Cathy Garrison, program manager
Yvonne Ray, administrative assistant
Peggy Blessing, administrative assistant
USA/Canada Western Regional Meeting included diverse presentations
 The University of California at Irvine hosted the 2006 USA/Canada Western Regional Meeting April 9-11.
The meeting opened with a Sunday reception at the MacDonald Gallery in Laguna Beach. On Monday, Dean Andy Policano welcomed the group to campus. Presentations on Monday and Tuesday included the following:
- Louise Kapustka from the University of Washington shared information about a marketing guide, “Is an Executive MBA Right for You?”
- A panel discussion on career services featured Susan Dearing from the University of California at Los Angeles, Sylvia Haas from Irvine, and John Morel from the University of Southern California.
- Bill Lindsey and Larry Pate from Loyola Marymount University presented a session on designing an Executive MBA to change core attitudes and values.
- Representatives from the Forum for Corporate Directors, an association focused on developing leadership in the boardroom, discussed the joint program between the Forum and Irvine. The joint program offers an eight-session series on board governance to Executive MBA students.
- Barbara Kreisman from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver discussed a University of Denver program to develop leadership and increase organizational performance.
- Mary Gilly of Irvine led the last session on branding and brand management of the Executive MBA.
Thanks to Erik Charles, director of the Executive MBA Program at Irvine, and his team for organizing the meeting. All the available presentations will be posted to the web site.
Executive MBA appears in the news
The Executive MBA Council recently contributed to two articles about the Executive MBA degree:
- Maury Kalnitz, managing director of the Executive MBA Council, was quoted as part of the story, “CSUS executive MBA program finds early success,” which appeared in the Sacramento Business Journal on May 1, 2006. Kalnitz provided information about programs and return on investment based on council research.
- Money Markets, a Callender Media Group publication, published an article by Kalnitz about trends in Executive MBA education. More information about Money Markets is available at www.cmweb.co.uk/moneymarkets.
New board member enjoys special council memories
Bronica Sam, associate director of Executive MBA Programs at the University of Washington in Seattle, recently joined the Executive MBA Council Board of Trustees. She is filling the remainder of the term left vacant when Pam Wiese from Washington University in St. Louis assumed a new position at the John Olin School of Business.
Sam graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Washington, and appropriately enough began her career at the University of Washington with the Full-Time MBA Program. She worked at the program for about five years before joining a private environmental consulting firm.
Sam returned to the University in the Executive MBA Program some six years ago. “At that point, I realized that I missed education,” she says. “I really enjoyed being around students and just the environment of learning.”
She now works with admissions, recruiting, and marketing and currently is preparing to tackle a new challenge: pursuing a master’s degree at the university’s Evans School of Public Affairs.
Her involvement with the council began five years ago. She has presented at conferences and hosted the western regional meeting.
During her term, Sam is assisting with council communications, working with the council communications committee. In addition, she graciously shared the following personal and council-related insights:
My hobbies include:
Wine tasting, jazz, music
My favorite city:
San Francisco (“I love that city.”)
I’m most proud of:
“I have three favorites: My nieces and nephew. They are reasons to look forward to having my own children.”
I’m reading:
Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
I’m passionate about:
Education
My next significant project is:
Major home renovation
The funniest thing about me is:
“I like to dip breakfast sausage in syrup.”
You may not know that:
Executive MBA Council conferences are very special events for Sam. In San Francisco, her boyfriend, working in collaboration with her Executive MBA colleagues, surprised her with a marriage proposal at restaurant on the waterfront by the Bay Bridge. She thought she was meeting a friend for dinner, but her colleagues knew better. “I had no idea,” she says. “It was the surprise of the century.” In Barcelona, after the conference ended, the two celebrated their honeymoon.
When I think about the Executive MBA Council, I think:
“I have learned so much. It is a group that is not afraid to share and talk to each other.”
Participate in a study about the effectiveness of admissions criteria
A collaboration between the Executive MBA Council and the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) Validity Study Service (VSS) will provide data about program selection practices, offering insights into what works.
And by taking part in this free and confidential study, you’ll receive a detailed report tailored to your program and support research that helps advance and improve admission processes.
You can participate if you can provide GMAT exam scores and graduate grade point average information for at least 50 percent of your students. The council web site at
http://www.emba.org/research_gmat_validity.html includes an Excel spreadsheet template to help make it easier for you to submit your data to GMAC, as well as guidelines for recording data and additional information.
You must submit your data before June 30, 2006. GMAC will send your report within a few weeks after receiving your data.
The council and GMAC will present study results during the Executive MBA Council Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Oct. 22-24.
Corporate member AIH takes students to international destinations
In 1986, as a peace activist Joseph Kinczel walked across the United States with 400 others. A year later, he helped organize a peace walk through the Soviet Union.
Kinczel has made many amazing trips to amazing locations. As owner and president of AIH Destination Management, he still enjoys the thrill of sharing the experiences of international travel.
AIH Destination Management organizes all aspects of international trips for educational programs, including Executive MBA Programs. Kinczel started the business in 1988, when he began arranging visits to some 35 cities in 24 countries.
When he organized international trips to Russia and Central Europe for the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, he first learned about the Executive MBA Council. His contacts at Columbia recommended that he consider participating in the council.
Kinczel attended the Executive MBA Council Conference in Montreal and found a natural fit between AIH services and the needs of Executive MBA Programs, which have increasingly added international residency components to their programs.
Throughout the years, AIH has expanded its business and added more countries. “At this point, 11-12 years later, we have worked with more than a hundred different Executive MBA Programs and completed several hundred trips,” says Kinczel.
AIH destinations cover the scope of the world – from locations in Central America, Latin America, Australia, Europe, Central Europe, Russia, China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, and India. “We are able to handle all aspects of an Executive MBA trip, including air and hotel arrangements, as well as setting up business visits.”
For example, AIH recently arranged a visit with Air China representatives for students who traveled to China, host for the 2008 Olympics. The students studied the Air China’s opportunities and learned firsthand about Air China’s plans to prepare their business for the influx of visitors.
The meeting proved beneficial for all. “The program was very happy about it, and Air China was very happy about it,” says Kinczel.
Most recently, AIH has focused on adding more content in addition to logistics and other services. AIH often collaborates with faculty members from programs to determine the best matches between learning goals and business visits.
“We are able to supply ideas and help fill any gaps,” he says. “This allows faculty to match the international experience with classroom goals.”
Passionate about the power of international experiences, Kinzcel has seen the transformation in students that can happen during the trip.
“International trips lift students from their world and show them cultures and ways of business that they are often completely unaware of,” he says. “It’s really special to see another culture. It gives students a different business perspective, a way to understand the context of doing business internationally.”
International travel often involves unexpected elements, says Kinczel. Those elements may mean last-minute changes in location and arrangements. AIH Destination Management understands travel is not always smooth, and emphases responsive service.
“I am 100 percent available to my clients,” says Kinczel. “I’m absolutely committed to my clients anytime, any place.”
Throughout the years, he has accumulated friends throughout the globe, and enjoys those connections, as well as the bonds that he forms with his clients. “I really like the programs that we serve,” he says. “It’s an opportunity to work with friends.”
For more information about AIH Destination Management, contact Joseph Kinczel at 303.258.3234 or ash@igc.org, or visit www.aihtravel.com.
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