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Volume 7, Issue 20
Plus SOUTH MOUNTAINEER
March 8,1994
MBA and MOT Tuition to be Lowered
By ROGER CLOW
Beginning this fall, the
price of tuition for Lehigh's
MBA program will be
reduced to $525 per credit
hour from the current level
of$670.
The announcement was"
made by Jim Schmotter,
dean of the the College of
Business and Economics,
who noted that the reduction
also applies to the M.S.
program in management of
technology.
Schmotter said the price
reduction, which was
approved recently by the
Board of Trustees, is a direct
response to the demands of
the marketplace.
"Quite simply, we are
Quite simply,
we are listening to our customers,
both individual and corporate.
listening to our customers,
both individual and
corporate," he said. "This is a
result. We feel it will enable
more of the high-quality
students we seek to enroll at
Lehigh."
Schmotter said the
decrease in price does not
imply a decrease in quality.
"We are adjusting our
price as part of a much
broader process of
strengthening MBA
education at Lehigh. We are
engaged in a comprehensive
effort to examine and
improve all facets of the
program. We understand
fully that even as we lower
our price, we must increase
our quality.
"This strategy was first
followed by Japanese
companies in such industries
as autos, consumer
electronics and semiconductors, and is now
employed by all world-class
companies. It is exciting to
contemplate that Lehigh is
among the first institutions
in American higher
education to take this
approach, which has proven
to be a responsible and
competitive response to the
realities of the environment
and marketplace."
Schmotter said that in
the absence of continuing,
serious curriculum
development, a decrease in
the MBA tuition price would
simply constitute a discount.
"But this adjustment is
part of an ongoing
reinvention of the MBA
program and is a key step in
increasing our
competitiveness," he noted.
A committee of five CBE
faculty members is currently
developing a new model for
MBA education at Lehigh.
This effort is informed by the
work of the two study groups
that last spring examined
graduate education in the
College.
"While the committee is
in the early stages of its
work, with a spectrum of
outcomes possible, we made
the assumption that the
regional market, served
through part-time courses or
via distance education, will
remain a key constituency of
the MBA program,"
Schmotter said.
March is Women's History Month
Black History Month discussion
continued with Manning Marable,
author and scholar/activist,
speaking on "Meeting the
Challenge: Unlearning Prejudice"
Feb. 25 in the Asa Packer Room.
Marable is professor of history and
political science, and director of
the Institute for Research in African-
American Studies at Columbia
University. Photo by AMY PASECHNICK. '96
A "Films For Discussion" series
sponsored by the Women's Studies
Program will be held on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from March 8 to April
7, in celebration of Women's History
Month. All films are open to the
public free of charge.
Tuesday screenings will be held
from 7 -10:30 p.m. in Drown Hall
and include a discussion on the film.
Room assignments and discussion
leaders are listed below. Thursday
screenings will be held from 12 noon
to 1 p.m. in room 403 of the U.C.
Attendees may bring a brownbag
lunch. Coffee, punch and dessert will
be provided. For more information,
call the Women's Center at 758-5295.
TUESDAY, MARCH 8
"Dreamworlds: Desire/Sex/
Power in Rock Videos,"
suggests that the image of
women in rock videos reflects a
male adolescent dreamworld,
one in which all women are
nymphomaniacs and invite sex
with any available male. The
effects which many hours of
viewing this dreamworld has on
male behavior is examined.
Room 210, Drown Hall.
(Discussion leader not yet
assigned.)
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
"Still Killing Us Softly," a
film by Jean Kilbourne, shows
how women are portrayed in    •
advertising and the effect it has
on men, women and children.
Lucy Gans, associate professor
in art and architecture, will lead
discussion in room 403, U.C.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15
"The Official Story," the true
account of an Argentinian
woman who learns that her
adopted daughter may have been
stolen from a family. Jean
O'Bryan, assistant professor in
modern foreign languages, will
lead discussion in room 210,
Drown Hall.
THURSDAY, MARCH 17
"Operacion," a documentary
which explores the controversial
use of sterilization as a means of
population control, specifically in
Puerto Rico where the highest
incidence of female sterilization
in the world occurs. Hannah
Stewart-Gambino, assistant
professor in government, will
lead discussion in room 403, U.C.
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