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October 8, 1999 Business Week: Purdue exec MBA program in top 20Source: Richard Cosier, (765) 494-4366,rcosier@mgmt.purdue.edu
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue University Krannert Graduate School of Management's executive MBA program is among the top 20 in the country, according to the Oct. 18 issue of Business Week magazine. Executive MBA programs are structured to accommodate the special needs of busy executives who want to earn a master's degree in business. In the early 1980s, Krannert was one of the first to utilize distance-learning techniques and the Internet in its program. "We're extremely pleased to be included in the top 20 executive MBA programs in the country," said Krannert Dean Richard Cosier, who is also the Leeds Professor of Management. "We feel our program is unique in that it reaches out to people throughout the country and around the world. Our graduates tell us they receive high value from this program, and we think we are the leader in the country in delivering executive master's degrees through the creative use of high technology." The Business Week articles, which list the top 20 programs alphabetically instead of in order of preference, can be read at the magazine's Web site. Business Week surveyed 100 business schools for this biennial ranking. Other Big Ten schools ranked in the top 20 were the University of Illinois at Champaign, Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota. Indiana University does not offer an executive master's program leading to a degree. It does, however, offer short courses, and for that "nondegree study" category, IU's Kelly School of Business was ranked 20th. From 100 to 150 professionals graduate each year through one of four executive programs offered by Purdue's Krannert School. • The Executive Master's in Management Program, a two-year program designed for the highly mobile professional manager. Students have an extensive set of off-campus assignments to complete, which prepare them for a series of six subsequent two-week on-campus residencies, culminating in a final two-week international trip. • The International Master's in Management Program , a two-year international program tailored for managers who find themselves competing in an increasingly global market. The residencies are divided between Purdue and its partner schools: the Budapest University of Economic Sciences (Hungary) and Tilburg Institute of Advanced Studies (Netherlands). • The Executive Master's in Management Weekend Program, a three-year program with classes scheduled entirely on Saturdays during the Purdue academic year. This program is designed for managers who live within commuting distance of campus. • The Executive MBA in Food and Agribusiness Program is a joint offering of Krannert and Purdue's School of Agriculture, with a primary focus on the food and agricultural marketplace. The two-year program is a combination of on-campus study and distance instruction. Also, Krannert has begun to recruit students worldwide for an executive master's program offered through the new German International School of Management and Administration in Hanover, Germany. Purdue collaborated with German business and government leaders to launch the school this fall. Purdue faculty teach the courses. This fall, 3,170 students are enrolled at Krannert. Of those, 2,471 are undergraduates and 699 are working on advanced degrees. Writer: Jeanne Norberg, (765) 494-2084, jnorberg@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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