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CommonWealth Magazine - Fall 2006

Full-Time MBA Program Moves up in the 2007 U.S. News & World Report Rankings

In its 2007 survey of business schools, U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Graduate Schools ranks the Isenberg full-time MBA program among the top 11% of AACSB accredited MBA programs. Over the last two years, the Isenberg MBA program has moved up 14 spots in the U.S. News & World Report rankings to 56th overall. With 80 full-time students, the program is one of only a few with under onehundred students recognized in the survey. In the same survey, the Isenberg School earned other distinctions: it ranked first among the top 60 MBA programs for programs for its percentage of women; it placed fifth overall in its admission rate, a measure of selectivity; and it ranked twentieth oveall for the percentage of graduates employed within three months of graduation.

New MBA-M.P.P.A. Dual Degree

In April the Isenberg School’s MBA Program received campus approval for a new program offering the dual MBA /M.P.P.A (Master’s in Public Policy Administration) degree. The new program allows students to pursue an integrated, comprehensive course of study and earn their dual degree within two and one-half years of full-time study. Graduates of the program will enjoy greater marketability in government and in the private sector. The Isenberg School’s academic partner in the new program is the Amherst campus’ Center for Public Policy and Administration. The MBA/M.P.P.A. program is the Isenberg School’s third dual degree offering. The School also awards the M.B.A./M.S. in Sport Management and the M.B.A./M.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Online MBA Partnership with the Oracle Applications Users Group

The Isenberg School’s Online Professional MBA Program has been chosen as the exclusive provider of online MBA education for the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), the world’s largest global user knowledgebase for Oracle applications users. Representing more than 2,000 member companies worldwide and more than 25 percent of the Fortune 100, OAUG provides users of Oracle applications with education, networking, training and support via a wide range of activities, including conferences, publications, special interest groups, and online communities. The OAUG serves as an advocate to the Oracle Corporation on behalf of all Oracle Applications users. The Online MBA Program’s students hail from fifty states.