Greening MBAs

12/01/1998

How environmentally conscious are the nation's top 50 business schools? Almost nine in 10 have one elective course in environmental management - but only 16 percent have integrated the topic into core requirements. Only 21 percent offer a degree in environmental management (as a dual degree with natural resources or forestry).

Those are the findings of a study by the Management Institute for Environment and Business (MEB), a program of the World Resources Institute. The study ranked eight schools as offering the best environmental focus:

George Washington University
New York University (Stern)
Northwestern University (Kellogg)
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
University of Tennessee/Knoxville
University of Virginia (Darden)
University of Washington

To order the report, Grey Pinstripes With Green Ties:
http://www.wri.org/wri/meb/mba-home.htm

To see the survey results:
http://www.wri.org/wri/meb/mba-surv.htm

FROM Business Ethics