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UCSD Rady School of Management
UCSD Rady School of Management
Please describe any scholarship and/or fellowship opportunities for minority and/or female students attending your school.
Name of scholarship program: National Society of Hispanic MBAs Scholarship Program
Deadline for application: April 30th
Scholarship award amount: Varies; $5,000 to $10,000
Website or other contact information: www.nshmba.org
From the NSHMBA website, “the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, which exists ‘to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management
education and professional development,’ has established a scholarship program to assist qualified Hispanics to pursue MBAs. Scholarships are
offered each year for full- and part-time study at an accredited (AACSB) institution of the student’s choice.”
From the NBMBAA website, “The NBMBAA MBA Scholarship Program identifies students who have demonstrated potential to make significant
contributions in the field of business in the public and private sectors. Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional leadership
potential and be actively involved in their local communities through service to others.
“[In addition to the funding], each year a minimum of 25 students receive ... NBMBAA membership, round-trip airfare and housing to the annual
conference and exposition, complimentary conference registration and special VIP access to receptions and events at the conference.”
PROMINENT ALUMNI/FACULTY
Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school.
Vish Krishnan, Sheryl and Harvey White Endowed Chair and professor of innovation, technology and operations
Dr. Vish Krishnan joined the Rady School to lead its efforts in the areas of innovation, technology and operations. Krishnan specializes in the areas of
product, service and business innovation, operations management, technology commercialization and productivity improvements in information work
and research and development. He is the principal investigator in numerous research projects involving innovative science and technology companies.
Krishnan received his doctorate in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to the Rady School, Krishnan was IC2 Senior
Research Fellow and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. He taught graduate and executive
education classes on new product development, marketing and operations strategy, e-business innovation and operations management. Professor
Krishnan is the recipient of the Graduate Business Council Teaching Excellence Award, the Trammell/CBA Foundation Teaching Award and the Texas
Business School Research Excellence Award. He was also voted the best professor in the executive education program at UT Austin’s IC2 Institute.
Krishnan has been quoted on the front page of The Wall Street Journal as well as in other widely circulated business publications. Besides advising
several startup firms and serving on NSF research proposal review panels, he has also worked as a consultant with several computer,
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telecommunications, electronics and automotive companies, including Dell Computer Corp., Texas Instruments, Advanced Micro Devices, 3M, Ford
Motor Company, Chrysler, Verizon Wireless and Motorola, Inc.
Krishnan serves in editorial positions at the top academic journals including Management Science, Production & Operations Management and IEEE
Transactions in Engineering Management. He also works with a number of entrepreneurial and established firms to help them achieve business growth
and profitability.
Amir’s research focuses on using psychological and economic principles to identify successful strategies in different consumption environments. He
investigates pricing issues and the dynamics of preferences in the market. He also investigates different consumer decision-making mechanisms and
their influences on the off-line and online marketplaces. Amir teaches marketing courses for the FlexMBA and full-time MBA programs.
Please provide information about prominent female faculty members at your school.
Ayelet Gneezy, assistant professor of marketing
Dr. Gneezy received her PhD in marketing from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 2007. Prior to graduate school, she worked
as a consultant in marketing services to companies in various industry areas such as consumer goods, banking services and nonprofit organizations.
Gneezy is a member of the Association for Consumer Research, Society for Consumer Psychology and Society for Judgment and Decision Making.
Gneezy’s research focuses on consumers’ decoding and making sense of marketers’ actions and communications, with an emphasis on the distrust
and suspicions that underlie their inferences. Gneezy is also interested in consumer decision making and social judgments.
Gneezy, U. and Rustichini, A. “Gender and competition at a young age. ” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2004,
377 to 381.
Andersen, S., Bulte, E., Gneezy, U. and List, J.A. “Do Women Supply more Public Goods than Men? Preliminary Experimental Evidence from
Matrilineal and Patriarchal Societies.” Forthcoming in American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings.
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Gneezy, U., Leonard, K.L. and List, J.A. (2008) “Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence from a Matrilineal and a Patriarchal Society.”
Forthcoming in Econometrica.
Croson, R. and Gneezy, U. (2008) “Gender Differences in Preferences.” Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Literature.
International Club
Want to travel the world without setting foot outside the country? The International Club is the perfect place to learn about foreign cultures, exotic foods
and make friends from around the globe. The club is offered to U.S. and international students alike, with a 50 percent ratio per group.
Please also provide information on any programs, including on-campus and universitywide programs in which MBA students participate that focus on
issues related to women or minorities.
Intergroup relations program
The intergroup relations program serves as an intergroup relations resource center for the UCSD campus providing programs and services relating to
hate/bias prevention, mediation of student intergroup conflict and issues that affect UCSD’s campus climate. We achieve our mission through the
following methods: education, problem resolution, campus climate assessment and collaboration with UCSD departments and other universities.
Please provide information on any institutes and/or related programs that focus on diversity.
UCSD women’s center
The UCSD women’s center is a space in which people work collaboratively to foster the educational, professional and personal development of diverse
groups of women. The center provides education and support to all members of UCSD regarding gender issues, with the goal of promoting an inclusive
and equitable campus community.
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• Facilitate the academic, professional and personal development of students, staff and faculty who are members of historically
underrepresented groups
• Provide programs and services to foster discussions on issues related to the creation of a multiethnic, culturally conscious university
International center
The international center is a multipurpose facility created to foster cross-cultural exchange and provide international events and education for the entire
UC San Diego campus and community. The international center provides advising services and programs for more than 4,000 international students
and scholars as well as more than 1,000 study abroad participants. We also offer programs for the entire campus community that foster global
perspectives. More than 500 volunteers participate annually in a wide variety of international center projects.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Please describe any diversity recruiting events for employers recruiting minority and/or female students at or near your school.
The Rady School of Managemeent works closely with multicultural student organizations to bring recruiters to campus, as well as participating in the
annual NSHMBA and NMBMBAA conferences.
Because the core mission of the University of California is to serve the interests of the state of California, it must seek to achieve diversity among its
student bodies and among its employees. The state of California has a compelling interest in making sure people from all backgrounds perceive that
access to the university is possible for talented students, staff and faculty from all groups. The knowledge that the University of California is open to
qualified students from all groups, and thus serves all parts of the community equitably, helps sustain the social fabric of the state.
Diversity should also be integral to the university’s achievement of excellence. Diversity can enhance the ability of the university to accomplish its
academic mission. Diversity aims to broaden and deepen both the educational experience and the scholarly environment, as students and faculty
learn to interact effectively with each other, preparing them to participate in an increasingly complex and pluralistic society. Ideas, and practices based
on those ideas, can be made richer by the process of being born and nurtured in a diverse community. The pluralistic university can model a process
of proposing and testing ideas through respectful, civil communication. Educational excellence that truly incorporates diversity thus can promote
mutual respect and make possible the full, effective use of the talents and abilities of all to foster innovation and train future leadership.
Therefore, the University of California renews its commitment to the full realization of its historic promise to recognize and nurture merit, talent and
achievement by supporting diversity and equal opportunity in its education, services and administration, as well as research and creative activity. The
university particularly acknowledges the acute need to remove barriers to the recruitment, retention and advancement of talented students, faculty and
staff from historically excluded populations who are currently underrepresented.
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DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Please describe the demographics of your most recent entering class.
Full-time
Asian-American: 18 percent
Hispanic or Latino American: 2 percent
White (non-Hispanic): 28 percent
Ethnicity other than above: 38 percent
Ethnicity not reported: 14 percent
Please describe the geographic diversity of your most recent entering class.
Full-time
Mid-Atlantic: 2 percent
Northeast: 2 percent
South: 2 percent
Southwest: 2 percent
West: 90 percent
Please describe the selectivity of your school for the most recent application cycle.
Full-time
Number of matriculants: 57
Please describe the academic and employment backgrounds of your most recent entering class.
Full-time
Please provide student employment information for the most recent graduating class.
Full-time
Consulting: 4 percent
Biotech/pharma: 32 percent
Media: 4 percent
Financial services: 20 percent
Manufacturing: 8 percent
Petroleum/energy: 8 percent
Technology: 20 percent
Other: 4 percent
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Consulting: 4 percent
Marketing/sales: 32 percent
Operations/logistics: 12 percent
Finance/accounting: 20 percent
General management: 4 percent
Other: 28 percent
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