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The Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes website is the only place where visitors can explore the real experience of an MBA program from the perspective of social and environmental impact. If stewardship is something important to you as you pursue your MBA degree, this is the place to be. From faculty research abstracts, to joint degree options, to course descriptions across departments, it’s all here at Beyond Grey Pinstripes.
Are you looking for an MBA program that’s right for you?
Want to see how classes are actually taught, what case studies are used, and what your homework will be? Find a class on the Search page using the “Filter Results” advanced search, and download the syllabus! (Note – We should let you know that you won’t find a syllabus for ALL courses described online, but we post all syllabi that schools agree to make public.)
Interested in learning about what extracurriculars or internship opportunities you might experience while pursuing your MBA degree? Visit school profile pages and click on the “Activities” tab to learn more, or use the Search page to look for something across schools.
Interested in getting involved on campus in extracurricular activities? Search for opportunities outside the classroom by checking the relevant boxes in the search tool.
Not sure where to start? How about looking at the specific subject areas you’re interested in using the scroller tool below.
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Beyond Grey Pinstripes Methodology:
Data for the Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey are collected online. The survey has 4 parts:
| Survey Section | Requested Content |
|---|---|
| Introduction: Basic school information |
Schools are asked to report basic information about their MBA programs: number of full-time students in each course, number of faculty, number of credits/credit hours required for graduation, number of full-time students graduating each year, etc. Schools are also asked to submit a short (under 500 words) narrative description that explains how they prepare students for social, ethical and environmental stewardship. This description is presented on the Beyond Grey Pinstripes website in the “In their own words” section on each school‘s page. |
| Part I: MBA Coursework |
Schools are asked to provide a written description of any course offered to MBA students that includes content relating to social, ethical and environmental impacts. This content should be clearly stated in each description. We also ask schools to include a course syllabus to support the course description. For each course schools report: the department in which the class is offered, course faculty, number of full-time MBA students enrolled in each course, credits/credit hours for each course, and whether the course is an elective or “core”. Only courses required of all MBA students should be reported as core courses. In addition, schools must estimate what percentage of each class is dedicated to relevant content: under 25%, 26%-50%, 51% to 75% or over 75%. |
| Part II: Institutional Support |
In the “Institutional Support” section of the survey we invite schools to tell us about extracurricular activities, internship programs, clubs, career development initiatives, institutes and centers, joint degrees and specializations that the school offers that they believe help prepare their students for social and environmental stewardship in their professional endeavors. The data provided in this section are not analyzed and included in the ranking, but we do post the information on our Beyond Grey Pinstripes website so that prospective students, among others, can view it and learn more about what happens outside the classroom at each participating school. |
| Part III: Faculty Research |
In the “Faculty Research” portion of the survey, we ask schools to provide the abstracts of all relevant articles published by their faculty in 2009 and 2010 that focus on social, ethical and environmental issues in business. This information is submitted using an Excel spreadsheet template downloaded directly from the survey site. On this spreadsheet, schools also report the names of the faculty who wrote the article and the name of the journal in which it was published. |
For more detail on the creation of the Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey and ranking, visit our Methodology page.
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