Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
...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 the administration is in its commitment to women? How willing are they to make this a high priority issue...
...required of a Business School professor, including a Doctorate in Business Administration or a Ph.D., require over six years of post-graduate training. Ten years ago few women sought the type of degree that would prepare them for faculty positions -only 29 women have graduated from the Harvard DBA program in the 13 years it has been open to them. A similar situation exists at other schools, providing the Business School with a very limited pool of future faculty members...
...qualified applicants, the administration now feels a responsibility to train women for faculty positions. The success of this strategy, which demands active recruitment of women at the lower levels, clearly depends upon a sincere and long-term commitment. The increasing number and quality of female applicants to the DBA program over the past five years demonstrates the talent 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...
...Harvard hockey coach suffered through an 8-15-3 season last year but came up with the first of the three superior recruiting classes he says he needs to get the program back into one of the eight ECAC playoff spots...