A Jump in the Rankings!

              As new rankings for academic programs and institutions have come out for 2016, Duquesne University has seen its stock rise across the board. In particular, for this blog, we have seen the MBA Sustainability (sMBA) program here at the Palumbo Donahue School of Business rise in the Corporate Knights “Better World MBA” ranking from #10 worldwide in 2015 to #3 worldwide in 2016. In the United States, we are now ranked #2 in the country for programs with a sustainability curriculum, ahead of Ivy League schools such as the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Yale. This is a feat to be extremely proud of at Duquesne University, the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, and within the sMBA program. As we enter the 10^th year of the sMBA program at Duquesne, it goes to show that we will continue to be an innovator and trailblazer when it comes to sustainability research, and the education and production of new business leaders for the 21^st century.

Some of you may be wondering what Corporate Knights is and how they ranked the sMBA program for their annual rankings. Corporate Knights is a media, research, and financial information company based out of Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2002, they focus on promoting an economic system where prices fully incorporate the Triple Bottom Line: Social, Economic, and Ecological costs. To come up with their “Better World MBA” ranking results, they look at several aspects of an eligible program and each aspect is weighted to come up with the final ranking. The aspects evaluated are Curriculum, Institutes and Centers, and Faculty Research. Curriculum looks at courses that are fully dedicated to sustainability, and based off of the sMBA curriculum we scored a 100%. Institutes and Centers that are affiliated with the sMBA program were evaluated, and Duquesne also scored a 100%. Lastly for Faculty Research, all relavant peer reviewed articles from the School of Business were examined and scored, and once again Duquesne scored a 100%! Learn more about the methodology and check out the 2016 rankings.

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