2008 Headlines
Johnson School Extends the Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program to Georgia and Texas
Partnership with Canada's Queen's University Brings New EMBA to Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston Managers and Professionals
February 14, 2008 | Ithaca, NY | The Johnson School at Cornell University is pleased to announce the extension of the Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program to Georgia and Texas (www.cqemba.org). The program, which is delivered in part via live, multipoint, interactive videoconferencing to major cities in the United States and Canada, was established in 2005 through a partnership with Queen's School of Business of Kingston, Ontario. To date, approximately 240 managers and professionals have enrolled in the program.
The Johnson School will be hosting recruiting events in Atlanta, Dallas and Houston in February, March and April. For a complete schedule check: www.cornellemba.com/attend.
"With the Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA we can extend the reach and accessibility of the Johnson School and Cornell University, while retaining the qualities that have always distinguished a Cornell MBA," said Dr. Joseph Thomas, Dean of the Johnson School at Cornell University. "With Queen's as a partner, we benefit from their expertise and proven success in using videoconferencing to deliver a quality MBA program."
What differentiates this program from the Johnson School's residential MBA or the metro New York-based Executive MBA, is that students learn in boardroom-settings located in cities in which they live and work. Students are organized into Boardroom Learning Teams of approximately six to eight people and 60 percent of courses are delivered via a series of boardroom sessions using interactive multipoint videoconferencing. The balance of the courses is delivered during three on-campus residential sessions. Videoconferencing classes are held three Saturdays per month during the seventeen-month program. Participants are located in the United States and Canada, with Cornell and Queen's sharing the teaching responsibilities equally. Within the U.S., the program is now offered in Georgia, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Washington DC.
Graduates of the program earn two MBA degrees-one from Cornell and a separate, second MBA degree from Queen's-and are full-fledged alumni of both schools. The Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program enrolls students who meet the same high academic standards required for the Johnson School's MBA, Accelerated MBA and Executive MBA programs.
"This program offers our students the best of all worlds," said Dr. David Saunders, Dean of Queen's School of Business. "Through our partnership with Cornell, the largest of the U.S. Ivy League schools, our students emerge with knowledge, perspectives, contacts and MBA degrees from not one, but two of the world's premier business schools."
The all-inclusive fee of $98,000 covers tuition, books, cases, learning materials, meals and accommodations during residential sessions, as well as travel, lodging and expenses for a one-week international business project. The fee also covers all of the software required for the program and in-house technical support. For more information about the program visit: www.johnson.cornell.edu/academic/cqemba."Since its launch in 2005, the program has attracted approximately 240 managers and professionals from a broad range of cities across the U.S. and Canada. We are excited to be able to offer this program in Georgia and Texas and add Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston to our current list of major business centers where the program is offered including New York, Seattle, Portland, Washington DC, and Toronto among many others," said Dr. Danny Szpiro, founding director of the groundbreaking program. "Most Boardroom Learning Teams are comprised of managers and professionals from different organizations within the same city or region. However, an exciting feature of this program is the opportunity to create a Corporate Learning Team comprised of managers from the same organization. In this case, employers would designate their own boardrooms as team sites for the program."
About Queen's School of Business
Queen's School of Business (www.business.queensu.ca) is one of the world's premier business schools, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees and non-degree executive education programs. Programs include: Queen's full-time MBA, ranked #1 in the world outside the U.S. by BusinessWeek; Queen's-Cornell Executive MBA, Queen's Accelerated MBA for Business Graduates and Queen's Executive MBA offered by videoconference in cities across Canada; Queen's Ottawa Executive MBA; the largest offering of open enrolment executive development programs in the Canada, ranked in the top 15 by Financial Times (UK); Queen's Bachelor of Commerce, renowned for its rigorous entrance standards; the new Master of Global Management and Master of Management in Accounting; and Queen's MSc and PhD in Management programs, which produce leading researchers for industry and academe.
