Atkinson Graduate School of Management

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Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Established: 1974
Type: Private
Dean: Debra J. Ringold (interim)
Staff: 22
Students: 115
Location: Salem, Oregon, USA
Campus: Urban
Website: Atkinson GSM

The George H. Atkinson Graduate School of Management (Atkinson) is the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is one of only two MBA programs in the world accredited for both Business Administration (AACSB International) and Public Administration (NASPAA). Atkinson was established by Willamette in 1974 and has an enrollment of approximately 115 students.

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[edit] History

Atkinson Graduate School was founded at Willamette University in 1974.[1] The school was first named as the Willamette University School of Administration before being renamed as the George H. Atkinson Graduate School of Management.[2] The first year had 52 students and five professors, and the program is older than the management program at Yale University.[2] Stephen Archer served as the school’s first dean.[2]

In 1988, the school was recognized by U.S. News & World Report and the fifth best business school in the Midwest and West region.[1] It was the highest ranked of any school in the Pacific Northwest.[1] Enrollment was 1340 students in 1988.[1] The school was lead by Dean David L. Puryear in 1988 and had expanded to 130 students and 10 full-time professors with a tuition of just over $8,000 per year.[2] From 1998 to 2002, Atksinon was lead by Dean Bryan Johnston.[3] Johnston had been interim president at Willamette and a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.[4]

In 2006, the school began offering an MBA program in Portland, Oregon in association with Babson College.[5] In February 2007, the Jeld-Wen Foundation made a $2.5 million dollar donation to endow a free-enterprise professorship at the school, the largest donation ever for the graduate program.[6] Dean Jim Goodrich, who joined Atkinson in 2003, retired from the school in June 2007,[7] with Debra Ringold serving as interim dean.[8]

[edit] Academics

Built in 1975, the Seeley G. Mudd Building houses Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Built in 1975, the Seeley G. Mudd Building houses Atkinson Graduate School of Management

Atkinson offers several different graduate programs. The school offers full-time, part-time, and evening enrollment.[9] MBA programs include Professional (PMBA), Accelerated, and Full-time with focuses in accounting, finance, general management, human resources, information systems, marketing, organizational analysis, public management, international management, and quantitative analysis/management science.[10] Students in their first year in a program are required to enroll in an entrepreneurship course that includes strategies that are used to develop a business plan.[11] The graduate programs also require courses in business ethics.[12] Located across the street from the Oregon State Capitol, unlike similar management schools, Atkinson has been able to maintain some of its focus of public management programs.[13]

The school also offers a four-year joint MBA-JD degree in association with the Willamette University College of Law.[14] Additionally, in association with the law school Atkinson students may earn a certificate in dispute resolution.[10]

Atkinson offers two study abroad programs, Copenhagen Business School in Denmark and Bordeaux Business School in France.[14] In addition to student programs, AGSM also offers an Executive Development Center (EDC) designed to educate businesses and organizations as consultants to those groups.[15] The school’s Private, Public, and Community Enterprise program allows students to start real businesses that are then closed or sold at the end of the program.[16]

[edit] Rankings and accreditation

AGSM is accredited by the AACSB in business,[17] by NASPAA for government and not for profit administration,[18] and the law school has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1938.[19] It was the first school in the world to be accredited by both the NASPAA and AACSB.[20] Atkinson was selected as one of the top 91 programs for preparing MBA's for social and environmental stewardship by "Beyond Grey Pinstripes"[21] and ranked 28th for the specialty of "Public Affairs, Public Finance and Budgeting" by U.S. News & World Reports.

[edit] Facilities

The school is housed in the Seeley G. Mudd Building on the west end of the Willamette University campus in Salem. The building is named after Seeley G. Mudd, a physician, educator, and philanthropist who has many buildings across the country named in his honor.[22] The Mudd building was completed in 1975. This structure was designed by architect Phil Settecase.[23] In 2000, the school installed a wireless network in the building.[24] Law classes are held in the neighboring Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center. Collins was built in 1967 and expanded in 1992.

[edit] Students

Atkinson has an enrollment of 115 students with an average age of 25 years old. Students have an average entering GPA of 3.30 and Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of 597. Female students make up 43% of those enrolled.[25] Select students are eligible for induction into Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society for business students.[26]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d NorthWest Point of Capitalism. The Oregonian, January 4, 1988.
  2. ^ a b c d Hamburg, Ken. Atkinson teaches success. The Oregonian, January 17, 1988.
  3. ^ Balas, Monique. Two vie for top post at OSU campus. The Bulletin. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  4. ^ Willamette names Johnston dean of Atkinson grad school. The Oregonian, June 2, 1998.
  5. ^ Willamette to offer MBA with Babson College. Statesman Journal, March 10, 2006.
  6. ^ Rose, Michael. Willamette: Jeld-Wen will donate $2.5 million. Statesman Journal, February 1, 2007.
  7. ^ Loew, Tracy. Management school dean set to retire in June. Statesman Journal, November 18, 2006.
  8. ^ Ticker. Statesman Journal, September 4, 2007.
  9. ^ Willamette University. The Princeton Review. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  10. ^ a b What Atkinson Says About. The Princeton Review. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  11. ^ Entrepreneurship programs at Oregon universities. The Oregonian, June 10, 2007.
  12. ^ Carter, Steven. Enron offers case for ethics courses. The Oregonian, August 19, 2002.
  13. ^ Stokes, Donald E. The Changing Environment of Education for Public Service. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 15, No. 2. (Spring, 1996), p. 161.
  14. ^ a b Academics. The Princeton Review. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  15. ^ EDC: Executive Development Center. Willamette University. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  16. ^ Goral, Tim. SPECIAL REPORT: Trends & Trendsetters. University Business; Mar2004, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p52-56, 5p, 2c.
  17. ^ Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management. AACSB. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  18. ^ 2006-07 Roster of Accredited Programs. NASPAA. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  19. ^ ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year. American Bar Association. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  20. ^ Tom, Susan. Willamette names new business dean. Statesman Journal, January 15, 2003.
  21. ^ Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Beyond Gray Pinstripes. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  22. ^ Who was Seeley G. Mudd? Princeton University: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Retrieved on December 12, 2007.
  23. ^ De Carbonel, Dan. Two receive chamber awards. Statesman Journal, February 2, 2004.
  24. ^ Marta, Suzanne. Change helps Willamette avoid rewiring classrooms. Statesman Journal, November 7, 2000.
  25. ^ Student Body. The Princeton Review. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  26. ^ Chapter List. Beta Gamma Sigma. Retrieved December 11, 2007.

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