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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 Miami University'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 8th in the classroom experience category.
Other schools in the top 10 include Indiana and Harvard universities, the universities of Virginia and Chicago, the Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship (Austin, Texas), Millsaps 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 members 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 MBA curriculum. During the 14-month Miami MBA program, 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 they 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.
The Farmer School closed 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.
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