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[jimotis4heisman]

Ranking the Returns On Executive M.B.A.s - WSJ.com

Scott Thomas had completed nearly half of his executive M.B.A. program when he decided he wasn't satisfied. The price tag of the Cleveland school was modest, but Mr. Thomas wondered if he would get a solid return on his investment.
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So the 31-year-old dropped out and enrolled in Ohio State University's Fisher School of Business E.M.B.A. program. Though his tuition costs have more than doubled -- to $72,500 for the 18-month degree -- Mr. Thomas says he believes Ohio State does more for him in the way of career development and education. "The alumni network is unbelievably large, and they're unbelievably loyal," he says.
Ohio State comes in at No. 3 on The Wall Street Journal's first rating of the five-year return on investment of executive M.B.A. programs. The program yields a 170% return on investment. Only Texas A&M's Mays School of Business and University of Florida's Warrington School of Business did better among U.S. schools, with five-year returns of 243% and 212%, respectively.
Applications for most executive M.B.A. programs are due early next year, and many working executives are weighing whether to make such a hefty investment in an uncertain economy. As companies pull back on education spending, students are increasingly paying their own way -- making cost-benefit calculations even more important. "When someone else was paying for it, that wasn't the big factor," says Michael Desiderio, executive director of the Executive MBA Council in Orange, Calif. Only 32% of executives are fully sponsored by their companies, he adds.


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[gemsweater]

I'm posting this in honor of my parents. My mother went to Ohio State and my father is a lifetime fan. My mother would tell me stories about going to games, being roommates to one of the first Brustus', and making other amazing memories. When I decided to attend Ohio State they were beyond proud and excited for me.

My freshman year they paid for me to go to Tempe to watch the NCG as my Christmas present. Every year on my birthday or for Christmas I get some sort of an Ohio State themed gift(s).

This year, being in Korea was no different. Along with the Ohio State earrings that were purchased for me, my parents bought 100 Ohio State tee shirts for all of the kindergarten students at my school. I've always been proud to be an alum of Ohio State and proud to have such fantastic parents, but today was extra special for me.

I just wanted to share this little story with everyone here. I'll try and have a picture soon with all the kids in their shirts.

[ORD_Buckeye]

17 Ohio State faculty elected as new Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of American Science bringing the current faculty count to 159. Since 2002, Ohio State has had more faculty elected (and been first or second each year) than any other university.

Ohio State Again Among Top Universities Nationally With Newly Named AAAS Fellows

[jimotis4heisman]

Johnson & Johnson exec to head biz school (The E-Team)

Johnson & Johnson exec to head biz school


A top pharmaceutical executive has been tapped to lead Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.
Christine A. Poon, vice chairwoman of the Johnson & Johnson board and worldwide chairwoman of the pharmaceuticals group, will join Ohio State as dean of the Fisher College in April. She also will hold the John W. Berry Sr. Chair in Business.
“Christine Poon brings a remarkable record of leadership and innovation and has a deep understanding of the value that research brings to our economy," President E. Gordon Gee said in a written statement.
Poon becomes the first Fisher dean to come directly from the private sector. She replaces Joseph A. Alutto, who became Ohio State provost in 2007. Her base salary will be $475,000.

She joins the university after a 30-year career in the health-care industry. In her most recent roles, she provided oversight for pharmaceuticals, which generated $24.9 billion, representing approximately 41 percent of the company’s total sales revenues in 2007.


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[ORD_Buckeye]

Interesting twist on college rankings by Smart Money magazine compares data on graduates' income relative to tuition costs to find those universities with the best return on investment.

News Room - The Ohio State University

Top schools in the survey include:
1. Texas A & M, Average Payback: 315%
2. University of Texas, Austin Average Payback: 306%
3. Georgia Tech, Average Payback: 263%
4. University of Georgia, Average Payback: 239%
5. University of Washington, Average Payback: 225%
6. Rutgers, Average Payback: 214%
7. U. of Illinois, Average Payback: 210%
8. Clemson. Average Payback: 201%
9. Purdue, Average Payback: 197%
10. U of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Average Payback: 190%
11. Ohio State University, Average Payback: 179%
12. U. of Virginia, Average Payback: 176%
13. Indiana (Bloomington), Average Payback: 175%
14. U. of California (Davis), Average Payback: 169%
15. U. of Rhode Island, Average Payback: 168%
16. U. of Delaware, Average Payback: 164%
17. Penn State, Average Payback: 156%
18. U. of Mass (Amherst), Average Payback: 152%
19. Washington and Lee, Average Payback: 145%
20. Princeton, Average Payback: 132%

Meanwhile, Kiplinger's annual ranking of the best value colleges in America placed Ohio State 27th.

In both cases, a very good showing. Kudos to President Gee and the faculty.

[shetuck]

Lantern: Ohio State still one of top schools for science fellows

UC Irvine #1? Sounds a little shaky. For those who might know (ORD, Steve, others) ... I'm curious to know how prestigious IS this academy, anyway?

Ohio State still one of top schools for science fellows

Drew Sullivan

Issue date: 1/12/09 Section: Campus

For the past six years, Ohio State has ranked either first or second in most members named as a fellows of the world's largest general scientific society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Last year was no different.

OSU produced 18 new fellows in 2008 to bring its total to 159 current members, which is believed to be more than any other institution in the country, said Earle Holland, Associate Executive Director of University Communications, in a press release.

The individuals were selected based on their efforts to advance science or its applications, according to the press release.

The association named 486 fellows last year and only the University of California, Irvine, with 21 fellows, had more selected than OSU.

One of the 18 selected was Dr. Anita Hopper, a molecular geneticist.


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[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by shetuck

Lantern: Ohio State still one of top schools for science fellows

UC Irvine #1? Sounds a little shaky. For those who might know (ORD, Steve, others) ... I'm curious to know how prestigious IS this academy, anyway?

UC Irvine is a worthy adversary. It might not be Harvard, Chicago or MIT, but it is part of the UC system, which many consider to be the nation's second best grouping of public universities after the Big Ten. Were it a Big Ten school, it would rank somewhere in the middle with us and Penn State.

Simple membership in the AAAS isn't all that special, but election as a Fellow is fairly significant as that's the pool of talent from which National Academy members are chosen--which is a highly significant and prestigious criteria for a university.

Any AAU member university with highly regarded departments and faculty will have a number of Fellows elected annually. What's impressive about Ohio State's run is not that we were number one in any given year, but that we've been either first or second for the last seven years. While a step down from the number of National Academy members, Guggenheim Fellows or (the true holy grail) Nobel Laureates on faculty, it is still something worth bragging about.

[shetuck]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

...Any AAU member university with highly regarded departments and faculty will have a number of Fellows elected annually. What's impressive about Ohio State's run is not that we were number one in any given year, but that we've been either first or second for the last seven years...

Thanks for the insights ORD. I didn't know if it was a prestigious thing because it seems that academicians tend to use that word whenever they're trying to give themselves some notoriety and standing. Clearly that's not the case here with membership in the AAAS.

I was trying to see if tOSU's run was just a matter of being a little "late" to the party (compared to the MITs, Stanfords, Cal Techs, Berkeleys, and Harvards of the world). I went the AAAS site where you can search for fellows by school. I found this for a few selected schools (where there's an institutional affiliation shown):

Harvard: 109
Stanford: 90
MIT: 86 fellows
Ohio State: 83* fellows
U of M: 75
Yale: 53
Duke: 52
Northwestern: 50
Cal Tech: 49
Johns Hopkins: 42
Purdue: 30
Carnegie Mellon: 22
Case**: 13
Ohio U: 1
Miami Ohio: 2

Either way you slice it, it all looks very good for tOSU and we're certainly on a great trajectory.

* There are a few others that are at tOSU, but hadn't shown their affiliation, for whatever reason. I'm assuming this is going to be the case, proportionally with the other schools as well.

** I didnt' count Cleveland Clinic's Lerner College of Medicine (8 fellows)

[ORD_Buckeye]

What it really means is that we have a very large pool of highly regarded mid-career scientists. I think the payoff will come in the next 5-10 years when Ohio State sees a big bump in National Academy members being selected out of this pool. Currently, we have 24, and if we can avoid some of our AAAS Fellows being lured away by other schools, we could see that number double over the next several years.

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

What it really means is that we have a very large pool of highly regarded mid-career scientists. I think the payoff will come in the next 5-10 years when Ohio State sees a big bump in National Academy members being selected out of this pool. Currently, we have 24, and if we can avoid some of our AAAS Fellows being lured away by other schools, we could see that number double over the next several years.

double? so you thinking blowing the competition out of the water is a possibility?

[shetuck]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

What it really means is that we have a very large pool of highly regarded mid-career scientists. I think the payoff will come in the next 5-10 years when Ohio State sees a big bump in National Academy members being selected out of this pool. Currently, we have 24, and if we can avoid some of our AAAS Fellows being lured away by other schools, we could see that number double over the next several years.

That 24 is the total number of active members of the NAS + NAE + IOM, right?

What I'm wondering is if we're on track for a Stanford-esque rise to the top in terms of our standing in the academic/research community.

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

double? so you thinking blowing the competition out of the water is a possibility?

Not by a longshot... I just did a quick check and found that Harvard has something like 294 members. Michigan has something like 79. Both those schools have a much longer and steadier tradition of aiming for (and maintaining) leadership in academic research.

So it's exactly what ORD is saying; that tOSU has a strong pool of young researchers coming up through the ranks. To get from where we are up into the upper echelons of research universities, we need to hang on to those young stars... which means competitive compensation, along with (more importantly) attracting research $$$, not saddling them with undue political / procedural / bureaucratic nonsense, an administration that rewards and encourages pure research, and an environment that fosters a strong culture of , um... err..., academic elitism (for lack of a better term).

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

double? so you thinking blowing the competition out of the water is a possibility?

To paraphrase Seth Rogan's character in 40 Year Old Virgin, each of those AAAS Fellows is like a plant. Ohio State will continue to nurture and feed those plants and make sure they get enough sunlight. Some of those plants, while still having distinguished careers as scholars and teachers, will not make it to the next level. Some of those plants will be lured away by other universities. But some of those plants, Ohio State will [censored].

[jimotis4heisman]

i just glanced at the stats listed above and scanned your posts.

thanks for the info.

[shetuck]

Vindy.com Local News Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana Ohio - news, sports and information - R&D list has Ohio colleges rated 6th

R&D list has Ohio colleges rated 6th

Published: Monday, January 26, 2009
By Harold Gwin

YOUNGSTOWN ? Ohio?s public universities rank sixth in the nation in research and development expenditures.

That?s according to a study by the National Science Foundation, said Eric Fingerhut, Ohio?s chancellor of higher education.

Only the public institution schools in California, Texas, Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania spend more, he said, noting that Ohio?s expenditure is more than $1 billion a year. In comparison, California stands at $4.5 billion, he said.

In terms of individual schools, The Ohio State University, often described as the ?flagship? of the state?s public institutions, spent about $600 million on research and development in 2007, placing it ninth among all public and private schools.

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[ORD_Buckeye]

Planet Hunter Nets Prize for Young Astronomers | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

An early career of distinction -- punctuated with the discovery of planets in other solar systems-- has earned Ohio State University researcher Scott Gaudi one of the highest honors given to young astronomers by the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

In 2008, Astronomy Magazine named Gaudi one of the "10 Rising Stars of Astronomy." Discover Magazine had previously named him one of "20 Scientists to Watch in 20 Years."

Winners of the Warner Prize must have made a significant contribution to observational or theoretical astronomy within the last five years. They must also be younger than 36 years of age or have received their Ph.D. degree within the last eight years. Gaudi is 34 years old and received his Ph.D. from Ohio State in 2000.

Patrick Osmer, Vice Provost of Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School at Ohio State, was chairman of the Department of Astronomy when Gaudi pursued his doctorate. He praised Gaudi's "remarkably distinguished career trajectory."

Before Gaudi returned to Ohio State as an assistant professor of astronomy in 2006, he won two prestigious fellowships: first, a Hubble Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and then a Menzel Fellowship from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA.