Word: mba
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...gradual expansion of opportunities available to women in both undergraduate education and business has helped bridge the gap. James Foley, associate director of MBA admissions, says that the women now applying "come with backgrounds including work experience very like their male counterparts, which was not true in 1970." Lynda A. Schubert, assistant professor of Marketing, expresses similar confidence in the qualifications of the B-school's female student body: "The profile of women is now more accurately mirroring the profile of the Harvard Business School population. But despite substantial improvement in women's qualifications, women continue to apply in fewer...
...been only 17 years since the first women entered the two-year MBA program. Since then, the number of women among the 775 students admitted each year has increased steadily--going from 32 in 1970 to 178 in 1980. Still, the present ratio of nearly five men to every woman attending the school means that women continue to be an oddity within the ivy-covered walls. Business school officials say that until recently a shortage of qualified applicants limited the number of women who could be admitted. But this shortage was itself a result of discrimination. The qualifications looked...
...represented. Among the red brick buildings, long hair, and women seem to be interlopers, destroying time-honored traditions. The school's administration recognizes the need for increasing the number of women in top-level corporate positions--a goal which cannot be accomplished without increasing the number of women with MBA degrees. "We are 100% dedicated to equal opportunity employment and affirmative action; to anticipating and influencing the future" one professor said, and similar statements dominate any discussion of integrating more women into the MBA program. But after a look at the record one cannot help but wonder how sincere...
...potentially available to the administration. This year seven of the 14 students registering in the DBA program were women. Karen E. Gell, the program's assistant director, attributed the dramatic increase in qualified female applicants to an increasing number of women MBAs. "The DBA program is fed by the MBA program," Schubert says. One can only hope the administration will be equally successful in using qualified DBA to "feed" their faculty...
...always felt comfortable with the student-athlete life. "People who know me know how important academics are to me," the economics major says. And his future is certainly heavy on the academics: he plans to apply to Ivy League law schools this year, and maybe to a joint J.D.-MBA program later...