Does UC Davis need an undergraduate business major?
Well, probably the students and their parents think so, but I’m not sure that’s necessary. I think business is best learned after one’s had some business experience. We have an undergraduate technology management minor, and we’re able to contribute some understanding of business principles to science and engineering majors. I think that’s an appropriate place for us. We don’t have the faculty to do more than that. Our primary mission is MBA teaching. The GSM was not among the top 50 MBA programs in the 2003 Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey of corporate recruiters, was tied for 35th in U.S. News & World Report’s 2004 rankings of graduate business schools, and was among the top 70 MBA programs noted by BusinessWeek in 2002. What’s your view on rankings? Unlike undergraduate education where they separate out small four-year liberal arts colleges from major universities, business schools — no matter what their size — are all ranked together. It would be the equivalent of hav
