Interview with Paul Danos, Dean, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and Laurence F. Whittemore Professor of Business Administration

What makes Tuck special in the world of business education?
At Tuck, we focus on each student’s learning experience and we work to prepare them for the world’s best career opportunities.  We strive not only to maintain unprecedented levels of student and alumni satisfaction but also to maintain the highest level of rigour and relevance in our offerings.  This combination of access to the best global job opportunities and the highest level of personal attention in teaching and training is unique.

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Interview with Peter Johnson, Director of International Admissions, Haas School of Business

Innovation is considered the keyword at Haas. How exactly does the curriculum and pedagogy at the school encourage innovative thinking and teach students to apply the same in real life?
You are right, but specifically, the key phrase is “Leading Through Innovation”. At Haas—it’s not just about innovation, but about how to lead organizations in innovative and creative ways. We help students develop these skills through many different courses and activities. For example, students work with actual companies to develop innovative solutions to business problems through our “Haas at Work” programme, they have courses that specifically address innovation, including “Creativity and Innovation in Marketing”, they compete in our two business plan  competitions, which are judged by Bay Area venture capitalists and we even have a case study during the orientation programme that focuses specifically on finding innovative solutions to a set of business problems.

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Interview with Frank J. Mendelson, Director of Admissions  (MBA), Lally School of Management and Technology

What makes Rensselaer unique?
Our MBA programme is at the intersection of management and technology and prepares graduates to compete in the global economy. Competition in the global economy demands that business leaders are quick, smart and lean when it comes to high-speed innovation. Managers must operate 24/7, and lead diverse, highperforming teams.

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