2004 Headlines
Johnson School Ranked #7 in Business Week's "2004 Best B-Schools"In early October, BusinessWeek released their 2004 Best B-Schools Rankings and the Johnson School placed #7, up from #11 in 2002. The overall ranking is based on MBA graduate rankings (45 percent), corporate recruiter rankings (45 percent), and intellectual capital (10 percent) rankings. While rankings are certainly only one measure of achievement, they do influence the perception and visibility of business schools among our peers, with prospective students, recruiters and even the media. The Johnson School received high rankings on each of the components noted above and straight A's in communications, teamwork, analytical skills, teaching quality, and career services. The Johnson School was one of only four schools to receive all A's--Northwestern, Stanford and Harvard round out that unique group. In addition, recruiters placed Johnson School graduates in the top ten of specialty categories (for skills) in finance, marketing, technology, general management and ethics. The School's intellectual capital standing, which reflects academic journal entries in 18 publications, was 5th overall. Last year the Johnson School completed a strategic plan that has an overall goal of being consistently perceived as a top-10 graduate management program. This comprehensive plan, which can be found on the Johnson School home page (www.johnson.cornell.edu), is helping to guide decisions about the School's future. Our immediate focus is on building our network of actively engaged alumni, strengthening our brand through integrated marketing and communications, and enhancing our curriculum and programs to respond to the demands of a rapidly changing marketplace. In addition to ranking U.S. Business schools, BusinessWeek also ranked international (non-U.S.) schools. Our partner in our new Boardroom EMBA program, Queen's School of Business at Queen's University in Kingston Ontario, ranked #1 among all international schools. The Boardroom EMBA program is our new 17-month Executive MBA program where the majority of academic content will be delivered to teams of students in their home cities via state-of-the-art, interactive videoconferencing. Queen's and Cornell will share teaching responsibilities, and participants will graduate with a degree from both institutions. This program starts in June 2005 as 80-100 students begin this landmark program. For More Information |
