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McCombs Launches Job Board
We invite you to participate in a new career tool—the McCombs Job
Board. This web platform is designed to connect employers with
McCombs alumni and students, bringing business opportunity
together with world-class talent from our BBA, MBA, MPA, PPA and
Executive MBA programs.
Learn more about the McCombs Job Board.
Go to the
McCombs Online Resources site today to update your
profile, post or search jobs and expand your network to include
current, former and future McCombs students.
McCombs & UT Austin Rank No. 1 as Source of New Fortune 1000
CEOs
While major corporations used to turn predominantly to Ivy League
schools to shop for CEOs, recent trends tell a different story.
Case in point: The University of Texas at Austin was the number
one source of Fortune 1000 CEOs hired in 2004-2005.
Get the full story.
U.S. News Ranks MBA No. 18, Exec MBA No. 12
U.S. News & World Report released their latest graduate school
rankings Friday. The McCombs MBA placed No. 18 in the national
survey, rising from No. 23 last year. The school earned top 20
rankings in all nine of U.S. News' business specialty areas. Only
seven other schools accomplished that feat: Harvard, Indiana,
Michigan, Northwestern, Stanford, and Wharton. The McCombs Option
II executive MBA ranked No. 12 in a survey of educators at peer
schools. The full-time MBA rankings are based 25% on quality
assessments by deans and directors of accredited schools, 15% on
quality assessments by corporate recruiters, 35% on placement
statistics, and 25% on student selectivity statistics.
See the complete listing of McCombs rankings.
Boot Camp Aims to Spur Interest in Business Among San Antonio High
School Students
To help motivate high school students to attend college and pursue
business careers, the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and
the Kauffman Foundation have teamed up to start an entrepreneurial
boot camp at the McCombs School. Thirty-six high school students
from San Antonio will attend the Young Leaders Entrepreneurial
Academy this summer.
Get the full story.
Prospects for Oil, Inflation, Regulation Headline MBA Hedge Fund
Symposium
Inflation, the price of oil and the regulatory outlook for hedge
funds will highlight the agenda of the third annual MBA Hedge Fund
Symposium, hosted by the Texas MBA Hedge Fund Organization at the
McCombs School. The event provides one of the country’s few forums
where hedge fund managers, investment professionals and business
students can interact and exchange ideas about working in an
increasingly popular area of finance.
Get the full story.
Texas Executive Education Offers April Classes
Keep up with the latest knowledge and trends in business with
Texas Executive Education. Coming up this May: Leading High
Performance Teams, May 2-4; Financial Analysis & Measuring
Business Performance, May 9-11;
Building Engagement: What Leaders Do To Build Allegiance &
Motivate Others, May 17; Talent Management, May 18.
Register now.
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