Written by: Kai Peters and Howard Thomas
Published by: Global Focus, The EFMD Business Magazine
MBA News Digest Comment: None.
Extracted Content: Increasingly, universities and, relatedly, business schools have become more complex and complicated – with multiple activities, multiple locations and multiple audiences. For example, state-wide higher-education systems exist across many US states including California, Texas, Virginia and Illinois while complex groupings of different Catholic clerical orders run universities around the world.
Complexity is increasing even at the more mundane level of individual universities and business schools, be they integrated or stand-alone institutions. Many work across multiple sites bridging urban and suburban campuses.
Add to this feeder/foundation-year activities and expanding online education often delivered in conjunction with for-profit partners, international campuses, academic partnerships and validation activities.