Women Becoming More Represented In EMBA Programs
February 16, 2009
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Efforts to recruit more women into executive MBA programs are paying off to various extents around the country.
A recent Baltimore Sun article noted that Loyola University currently boasts a program that is 42 percent women, more than double the national average. The report noted that the program has actively sought to increase its enrollment of women with scholarships and extra recruitment efforts such as matching new students with alumni who work in their field of interest.
The report also says that women have historically been less likely to pursue executive MBA degrees because they tend to have schedules that require time away from families and because there has also been a perception that a "glass ceiling" culture made the degree less worthwhile to pursue.
"I think it changes the dynamics within the teams and it opens it up. You're sensitized to a wider variety of issues. It brings a new dimension to the class," Loyola professor Charles Scott told the newspaper.
Elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal recently reported on similar efforts by the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. In that program, Mori Taheripour has helped to nearly double the percentage of women in the executive MBA program.
According to the report, efforts like one-on-one outreach and cooperation with local women's groups have especially helped increase the number of women EMBA students.
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