by Anne VanderMey
NetImpact, champion of socially conscious business schoolers, has released its fourth annual guide of MBA programs today. Called Business as Unusual: The Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs, the report uses survey data from nearly 2,500 students to catalogue the social and environmental chops of 87 accredited business programs.
The 2009 edition is NetImpact’s largest so far, and it’s likely to carry more weight this year than ever, as many schools seek to strengthen their ethics credentials and deflect some of the blame over the financial crisis. Meant as an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional B-school rankings, the guide catalogues students’ perspective about how social and environmental themes play into in schools’ curriculum, the career search, and student life.
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