vol. XVII no. 3

				Page 1 EMBA Moves Up in Financial Times Rankings - Ranked Top 50 Worldwide The Financial Times Fourth Annual Survey of Executive MBA (EMBA) Programs ranks the J. Mack Robinson College of Business among the top 50 programs worldwide (44th), advancing 24 positions from its first appearance on the list in 2003. The survey places the school among the top 25 in the United States and 3rd in the Southeast. Robinson was one of only two schools (along with Emory University) in Georgia ranked in the survey. The college also placed in the top 10 in the United States in the "most sponsored students" category, ranking the business schools with the most EMBA students sponsored by corporations. Robinson also ranks among the top half of the schools surveyed in terms of salary, with alumni from the EMBA 2001 class realizing an average salary increase of 51 percent three years after graduation. The Financial Times list is based on a survey of graduates from the 2001 EMBA class combined with statistical data from each school. MBA Students Win $12,000 in National Competition A team of four graduate students from the college won $12,000 in scholarship monies at the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) National Student Case Competition held at the 26th annual conference in Houston. Second-year MBA students Melvin Roland (Finance), Jamila Yancy (International Business), Kevin Williams (Finance) and Marc Wilson (Finance), led by faculty advisor Shawn Davis, visiting assistant professor of accountancy, received the recognition. The competition was sponsored by DaimlerChrysler Corporation and DaimlerChrysler Services North America, the captive finance arm of DaimlerChrysler. The Robinson team finished second amid stiff competition that included Michigan State University (winners of the competition), Emory University, University of Georgia, University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Clark Atlanta University, University of Maryland at College Park, University of Texas at Austin, Columbia University and Hampton University. Robinson Professor Named One of This Year's Key Influencers by Business Finance; Second Consecutive Year For the second consecutive year, Jane F. Mutchler, Ernst & Young-J.W. Holloway Memorial Alumni Professor and director of the School of Accountancy at Robinson, has been named to Business Finance magazine's list of influencers. Mutchler is one of only nine women and three academics listed in "2005's Influencers: 50 Worth Watching," the magazine's annual roundup of the 50 leaders who are shaping the future of accounting and finance. Mutchler joins an esteemed list of regulators, watchdogs, corporate leaders and other academics including William Donaldson, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator and chair, Senate Banking Committee; Eliot Spitzer, attorney general, State of New York; Alan Greenspan, chairman of the board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Andrew Grove, chairman, Intel Corp. This is the third time that the magazine has recognized a Robinson faculty member as a key influencer. In addition to Mutchler, the publication's inaugural list of 60 included Lawrence Brown, J. Mack Robinson College of Business Distinguished Professor of Accounting. Robinson Faculty Ranked among World's Leading Researchers The college has been recognized as one of the world's top 100 business schools for faculty research in a study by The School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Robinson's faculty was ranked 43rd worldwide and 39th in the United States. The rankings are based on a database created by The Center for Information Technology Management at UTD, which tracks faculty contributions in 22 leading business journals for the period 2000 to 2005. The journals represent a variety of disciplines and include publications such as the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Financial Economics, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Consumer Research, the Academy of Management Journal, and the Journal of International Business Studies. Top | Next Page

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