Visiting executives like Don Stebbins, president and COO of Visteon Corporation, share their own experience and perspectives with Farmer School MBA students. Working closely with faculty and class visitors fosters a dynamic classroom experiences.
Accessible and involved faculty, small class size, and each student’s opportunities to apply what’s learned in class to an ongoing internship and international consultancy helped the Farmer School's new MBA program achieve a spot in The Princeton Review’s list of “Top 10 Business Schools With the Best Classroom Experience.”
It’s the first time that The Princeton Review has included a “best classroom experience” assessment as part of its comprehensive evaluation of MBA programs nationwide. The Miami MBA program was ranked number 8 in the classroom experience category. Other schools in the top ten include Indiana University, Harvard University, the University of Virginia, the University of Chicago, the Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship (Austin, Texas), Milsaps College, and Claremont Graduate University.
“Miami University prides itself on the quality of its teaching,” said Roger L. Jenkins, Dean of Miami’s Farmer School of Business. “Our faculty in the Farmer School are excellent examples of this. The passion they bring to their subjects and to the education process has a transforming effect on students.”
Jenkins also emphasized the interdisciplinary, integrated nature of the Farmer School’s MBA curriculum. During the program’s 14-month timeframe, students study business processes and the cross-functional nature of business operations within and beyond organizational boundaries. They meet with leaders of national and international companies to discuss how those companies create efficiencies through the value chain. Then, through ongoing internships and a required six-week international consultancy, students tackle assignments that require an understanding of interrelated functions.
MBA Director C. Brad Bays said that students in his program work closely with faculty and considerable resources are devoted to making the classroom experience a dynamic one. “Our MBA program is deliberately small and very personalized for optimal learning,” he said. “It’s wonderful to get this kind of recognition, which seems to validate our approach.”
The Farmer School closed down its MBA program in 2004. In May, 2005, it accepted the first class into its new accelerated program.
The rankings, part of The Princeton Review’s The Best 290 Business Schools: 2008 Edition, were released this month.
For information on Miami University’s MBA at the Farmer School of Business, contact 513 529-6643 or mba.muohio.edu.
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