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an MBA degree is right for them. The app includes tools to help users determine the right time to pursue the degree, calculate its return on investment, and develop a plan to finance it—issues that are top of mind for potential applicants, says Sherry Wallace, the school's MBA admissions director. The school also plans to release an Android version of The MBA App. The current version is available in the iTunes App Store. ■ FINANCE LAB Group The BMO Financial Grou Finance Research and Trading Lab opened last fall at the of University o RotToronto's Ro man School of Management in Canada. Ontario, Canad The lab includes 71 dual flat-panel stations; two media and data walls; an integrated sound system; Bloomberg terminals; real-time information from sources such as Factset, S&P Capital IQ, and Bloomberg; and customdesigned software such as the Rotman Interactive Trader, a market simulation tool with more than 30 cases. The lab, which will support training, research, and curriculum development, was created with the help of CAN$1.75 million from BMA Financial Group. For information, visit financelab.rotman.utoronto.ca. ■ MOOC ON ETHICS Santa Clara University in California recently offered its first free massive online open course (MOOC) through its Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Offered for the first time last November, "Business Ethics in the Real World" trains students to confront unethical situations in the workplace, from avoiding white lies on résumés to responding to bosses who accept bribes. New students can register now and complete the four-week course any time within a four-month window starting in February. In January and March, the school also will offer two new MOOCs that build on the content of the first one. They will cover creating ethical corporate cultures and operating international businesses. For more information, visit www. canvas.net/courses/businessethics-for-the-real-world-1. ■ ONLINE MASTER'S This January, the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University in East Lansing offered its first 100 percent online master's program. Delivered via a platform from online education firm University Alliance, the Master of Science in Management, Strategy, and Leadership includes 15 five-week courses, which whic cover topics such opics ch as motivating individuals, otivating als mobilizing teams, and implezing menting long-term plans. -term NEW ONLINE MBA ■ The University of Cincinnati's Lindner College of Business will launch an online MBA program in January 2014. With the same admission and course requirements as the school's traditional MBA program, the online program will launch as a part-time program that students can complete in two years. Online MBA students also will have opportunities to study abroad, work with corporate partners, and access career services. ■ JOINT EFFORT The Stanford Graduate School of Business in California and Stanford University's department of computer science will partner to deliver the Stanford Computer Sci- ence MS/MBA MS/M S/MBA degree program, m beginning in the 2014–2015 academic 4–2015 year. Students enrolled the ents program will be able to complete both degrees in three years, rather than the typical four. The degree includes 129 credit hours—84 through Stanford GSB and 45 through the computer science department. Students must apply to and be accepted by both programs to enroll. ■ TECH PARTNERS Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and GE's corporate technology commercialization group have created a university-industry partnership to commercialize innovations developed by the Purdue community. Ideas now under consideration for development include technologies related to medical diagnostic imaging, propulsion, solar energy, energy recovery, and biological testing. This model, says Dan Hasler, president and chief entrepreneurial officer of the Purdue Research Foundation, could "lay the groundwork for advancing the way universities commercialize innovations." BizEd January/February 2014 63

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