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For women in business, a culture change is underway

Published: 6 September 2012

Jaclyn Luft and Lauren Merkel have at least two things in common: they’re both studying for their MBA at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ and they both come to the program from non-traditional undergraduate degrees.

… The diversity may go a ways in explaining why 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ tends to have more women students than other MBA programs, according to Don Melville, the director of 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ’s MBA and master’s programs. MBA programs draw heavily from engineering and computer science programs — both of which are dominated by male students, Melville says. Traditionally women-dominated fields like education and literature may not be viewed as relevant to traditional business schools. But 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ is different.

Read full article: , September 6, 2012

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