USC Marshall MBA Students Team Up for Sports Business Training
USC Marshall School of Business MBA students recently got to explore the business side of the sports industry during a visit with executives from the Portland Trail Blazers.
USC’s Maxey Promoted to Assistant Vice Dean
Shirley Maxey, a professor of clinical accounting and management communication, has been named Assistant Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs of the USC Marshall School of Business. Starting July 1, Maxey will work with department chairs to implement new initiatives in teaching and faculty development. She will report to Gareth James, vice dean for faculty and academic affairs. Along with James, Maxey will be handling hiring part-time faculty and the promotion of clinical faculty. Continue reading…
Marshall Launches New Online MBA
The Marshall School of Business announced that it has launched a new online MBA program. The school has partnered with All Campus, a creative agency and enrollment services firm, to help support the program’s launch and future growth. The first class of online MBA students will begin this fall. The unique curriculum for the program is designed specifically for online and not a replica of the in class MBA program put online.
The new program will focus on emerging online business topics such as internet analytics, social media, virtual teams, and entrepreneurial thinking. The course material will incorporate live action cases, interactive exercises and virtual teams. Students will also have the ability to take classes in online programs at other USC schools and enroll in additional online courses from Marshall MS programs in entrepreneurship, marketing and global supply chain management.
Marshall Ranked Top 10 Schools for Vets
The USC Marshall School of Business has been ranked in the top ten of the best business schools for veterans by Military Times. Marshall was ranked as no. 9 among the 75 schools ranked by the publication in its 2015 Best for Vets rankings. This is the third year that the publication has released rankings for business schools.
The Military Times rankings are created based on scores from business schools’ survey responses to both the Business Schools survey and parts of the Colleges survey that were sent out to 150 different schools. The responses were based on what veterans said is important to them as well as on the publication’s own editorial judgment. The publication also factored in Education Department statistics commonly used to track student success and academic quality.
Marshall no. 7 in UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
The USC Marshall School of Business has been classified as one of the top business schools in research. The school was ranked no. 7 worldwide in the UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings for 2015. The UT Dallas rankings are compiled from a database of faculty research published in 24 leading peer-reviewed journals from 2010 to 2014. Marshall had previously been ranked no. 14 on the list but moved in to the top 10 last year.
The overall ranking is a result of the combination of other areas that were ranked. Marshall ranked no. 7 based on publications in the top three accounting journals. It ranked no. 3 for publications in the top operations management journals, no. 8 for top finance journals and no. 7 for the top management journals.
Marshall Offers Senior Living Exec Program
USC Marshall School of Business has joined with USC Davis to offer the USC Lead and Transform Senior Living Executive Education program. This new program will be held over the course of a two-day conference Feb. 7 and 8 on the USC University Park Campus in Los Angeles. The program aims to address the growing need for professionals that have knowledge and business skills to successfully lead communities for older adults.
The program is designed for C-level executives, officers and managers in senior housing, post-acute care and long-term care. . The focus of the program is to help define future directions in the senior living industry. The curriculum for the program is built around providing essential information for skilled professionals in this fast-growing industry.
