Women are good administrators and companies like Yahoo, PepsiCo, ICICI and others have recognized the fact. Today, women manage diverse businesses and are quickly climbing the corporate ladder. Number of women role models is increasing and so is the desire to formally understand the fundamentals and enroll for a business degrees.
Among the top US schools, Wharton has managed to attract the maximum female population of whooping 40%. This is a 4% jump from its last year’s enrollment. Schools like Stanford, Kellogg, Harvard, Columbai also have 33% to 37% female students.
Wharton has taken special steps to attract more female population – some initiatives are admissions presentations specifically targeted at women, developing a relationship with undergraduate organizations like Wharton Women and Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business and facilitating women involvement by Wharton Women in Business, career fairs and coffee chats.
Source – Class profiles (2011) of Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg and Columbia
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