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Women MBA students seek degree to make a 'Positive Impact on Society'.(NEWSWATCH)
Students in today's MBA programs are more eager to embrace corporations working for a stronger, healthier community. Though less than a third of MBA students, women especially seek jobs that make a positive contribution to society.
In fall 2007, the Aspen Institute surveyed MBA students in 15 business schools in the US, Canada and Britain about their attitudes on the relationship between issues in society and business practices and decisions. Of the 1,943 respondents, 35% were female; 55% had just started in the MBA program, 37% were half finished and 8% were on the cusp of graduation.
The report, "Where Will They Lead? MBA Student Attitudes About Business & Society," describes student goals upon MBA completion: develop a career, enhance their business skills, focus on family and earn a high income.
Female students, however, care more than male students about having a positive impact on society, although this goal declines over the course of the MBA program. For women it drops from 52% of first-year students agreeing it is ...
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