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Webster University's School of Business & Technology is pleased to announce that, for the ninth consecutive year, we awarded more master's degrees in Business, Management and Marketing to minority students than any other institution in America. AWorld of Difference TOP 100 MASTER'S DEGREE PRODUCERS 2004 Total Master's Degrees awarded to minority students majoring in Business, Management and Marketing Ranking Institution #1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WEBSTER UNIVERSITY Central Michigan University University of Maryland-University College Troy State University-Main Campus Florida International University Nova Southeastern University University of Southern California New York University University of Phoenix-Online Campus DeVry University-Georgia SOURCE: Black Issues in Higher Education analysis of U.S. Department of Education reports of data submitted by institutions. Rankings are based on the reviews of 2002–03 preliminary data. Total 1099 480 394 379 344 343 284 249 244 225 Benjamin Ola. Akande, Dean Webster University's School of Business & Technology For more information, go to www.webster.edu/sbt with traditional screening techniques to qualify candidates and match them with prospective employers. These techniques include on-campus events, career fairs, advertisements in student publications, and work with college career services offices, ex- plains DanielWilliams, the com- pany's founder.Williams also founded theWeb site OxbridgeJobs.com, which specialized in placing candi- dates from Oxford and Cambridge Universities. In addition to its placement serv- services customized to MBAs at MBAGradJobs.com. It also offers similar sites at IvyGradJobs.com, LawGradJobs.com, and University GradJobs.com. The company will mix technology ices,MBAGradJobs.com also in- cludes an online career center with articles on resume-writing, interview- ing, self-assessment, and salary nego- tiation, as well as career- and busi- ness-related articles that have been published in TheWall Street Journal. U of Maryland Picks BlackBerry were given toMBA students, faculty, and staff. The devices will provide students with wireless access to the Internet and e-mail; calendar, ad- dress book, task, and memo pad functions; and Nextel's Direct Con- nect digital walkie-talkie service. Soon, students will also be able to This semester's incoming MBAs at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Mary- land in College Park got more than their course schedules when they came to campus. The Smith School provided full-time MBA students with Nextel Black- Berry 7510 wireless handheld de- vices to encourage them to explore and exploit the "always on" tech- nology that has become so prevalent in business. About 400 BlackBerry handhelds will develop a better understanding of how an information-driven world works, saysHoward Frank, dean of the Smith School. "OurMBAs," he adds, "will gain a greater understand- ing of how information technology can be maximized to create innova- tion and drive business growth." BizEd NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2004 Smith School faculty are currently de- veloping research proposals based on the Nextel initiative, which will ex- plore how the BlackBerry devices af- fect areas such as team dynamics, vir- tual group behavior, and creativity. By using the handhelds, students incorporated in selectMBA courses this semester and may eventually be required in all coreMBA courses. obtain course assignments, grades, class rosters, and other school information from anywhere on the Nextel National Network through an online course development tool. The devices have been 47