BusinessWeek: Top Ten Ranking For Penn State Executive Programs
BusinessWeek magazine has ranked the Penn State Executive Programs at the Smeal College of Business among the top ten best custom programs in the world.
BusinessWeek: Top Ten Ranking For Penn State Executive Programs
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (October 18, 2005)⁚BusinessWeek magazine has ranked the Penn State Executive Programs at the Smeal College of Business among the top ten best custom programs in the world.
Penn State's program ranked eighth in the custom category and is the third-ranked custom program among public universities. Prior to this year, Penn State's highest ranking was 11th overall in 1991, the year the magazine first began rating executive education programs. At that time, the results were not divided between open-enrollment and custom programs.
The rankings are based on information provided by executive education providers and from client interviews. BusinessWeek surveyed managers and human resources directors from 163 companies in 22 countries about open and customized executive education programs.
Pat Cataldo, associate dean for executive education, says that Penn State's custom programs process is unique. "Designs are based on in-depth discussions with the program sponsors and a thorough analysis of the organizations' needs," Cataldo says. "Then we select faculty from Penn State, as well as from other universities and corporations, and develop content that uniquely meets our clients' needs."
Penn State Executive Programs has been serving the development needs of the world's leading corporations since 1954, providing both open-enrollment and custom programs. Nearly 36,000 executives from 43 different nations have participated in programs on topics ranging from strategic leadership to supply chain management.
For more information on Penn State Executive Programs, please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/execed.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
