Merage Student Association Rankings Discussion Gary Lindblad, Asst. Dean and Director, Full -time MBA Tony Hansford, Executive Director, FEMBA Debbie Moysychyn,

Merage Student AssociationRankings Discussion

Gary Lindblad, Asst. Dean and Director, Full -time MBA

Tony Hansford, Executive Director, FEMBA

Debbie Moysychyn, Executive Director, EMBA /HCEMBA

Agenda

• Rankings overview

• Full –time MBA Rankings – driver of reputation

– Review of national rankings

– Merage strategy

• How students and alumni influence rankings

• Discussion

• The importance of…

– Quality and reputation of the University and Merage School

– Our four MBA Programs

– Our students and alumni from all programs

– Rankings (perception and reality)

• We’re all stakeholders: students, alumni faculty, staff, corporate community…

Rankings Overview

Full-time MBA Rankings

• Business Week: started “it” all in 1988; published every other year; based on student satisfaction, recruiter assessment and “intellectual capital”

• U.S. News & World: annual ranking based on quality of program (assessed by peers and recruiters), quality of students (GMAT, GPA), and placement success (% employed, starting salary)

• Wall Street Journal: annual ranking based on quality of program and of students as assessed by recruiters

• Financial Times: annual ranking based on career progression, placement success, diversity, and research

Full-time MBA Rankings

• Business Week- recently modified its ranking to Top 30, “U.S. Second Tier Programs” (8), and “U.S. Programs Also Considered for Ranking” (30).

• US News- (March/ April) #53 in 2007, #38 in 2006, #49 in 2005, #47 in 2004

• Wall Street Journal- We were most recently ranked #42. They quit doing their ranking this year.

• Financial Times- (January) #31 in US, #49 globally

MBA Program Model

Great Students Great Education Great Jobs

The Merage MBA Value Proposition:On the move from good to great.

• Distinctive- Unique, small, high quality program with thematic approach: Strategic Innovation, Information Technology, Analytical Decision Making

• Quality- through continuous quality improvement in each phase of our program

• Reputation- Being known for our themes, our experiential learning, and our innovative, career-ready students

MBA Program Model

Great Students-Distinctive

-Quality

-Reputation

Great Education-Distinctive

-Quality

-Reputation

Great Jobs-Distinctive

-Quality

-Reputation

Great Students -what do we mean?

• Academic background

• Work experience

• Personal and professional strengths

• Leadership experience and aspirations

• Goals and career plan

• Passion, drive, and focus

• Fit with the Merage School

Great Education

• Faculty quality

• Courses and curriculum

• Co-curricular experiences

• Greater UCI learning community- not a commuter experience

• In-touch and responsive MBA Program Services and administration

Great Education - What are we doing to drive continuous improvement in this area?

• Curriculum Innovation Committee

• Themes guiding curricular innovation

• “Edge” course as an example

• Experiential learning opportunities

• Centers of Excellence

Great Jobs

• Last year 92% employed by 90 days after graduation, 81% at graduation

• $alaries were up

• Improving career training and opportunities every year

• This year…

Great Jobs

Alignment of Great Students, Great Education, Great Jobs means:

– you know yourself and understand your options

– you decide on your focus

– you’re prepared to compete for jobs in your chosen focus

– you’re educated to bring sustainable value (growth) to your employer or business

MBA Program Model

Great Students Great Education Great Jobs

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Alignment>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

What can students do to help?

• Participate in Merage as a student and alum

• Viral Marketing

– communicate effectively with the external community about Merage

– Refer your friends and colleagues to Merage MBA programs

• Communicate with faculty and staff: what’s working well? areas that can be improved? Offer new ideas.

• Hire Merage MBA students and alumni

• Complete rankings surveys • We’re all stakeholders - Students, Alumni, Faculty, Staff,

Corporate Community…

Questions?