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Spotlight Lifelong Learning— Worldwide Webster University, The School of Business and Technology Webster Groves, Missouri Webster University wants to make it easy for students to go to business school —no matter where they live or how often they move. Headquartered in the United States, in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, the school boasts an international network of campuses that includes 92 metropolitan and Worldwide, more than 12,000 students attend Webster's School of Business and Technology on the school's extensive network of campuses, including this one in Thailand. About 3,000 students from the Thailand campus take classes on the school's St. Louis campus. Eighty percent of students enrolled at the school's international locations are foreign nationals. Webster offers graduate business education for military personnel at 35 installations and ten service centers in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The school's alumni include more than 70 generals, including several in the Pentagon and with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. in Leiden was ranked third in the Netherlands for MBA programs. The school also is planning to establish a joint MBA program with Universi - dad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico and a joint program for the Masters of Science in Accounting and Finance with Berufs Akademie in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Other achievements are equally The Leif J. Sverdrup building (left) houses Webster University's School of Business and Technology, while Webster Hall is the centerpiece of the university's main campus, where many other classes are held. military centers in 17 American states, as well as campuses in Austria, Bermuda, China, England, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Thailand. "Webster's family of campuses and online options makes it easy to trans- fer seamlessly within the vast extend- ed network, so educational plans are not disrupted due to transfer, pro- motion, or temporary duty assign- ment," notes the school's dean Benjamin Ola. Akande. Akande points with pride to sever- al international milestones, some already achieved and some still in the works. Webster was the first school to launch an MBA program in main- land China, and Webster University 64 BizEd JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2002 Webster maintains close ties with local businesses, such as Scottrade Inc., an online trading company based in St. Louis. Roger Riney, Scottrade's CEO, recently awarded $120,000 to the business school to establish the Scottrade IT Scholarship Fund. noteworthy. Black Issues in Higher Education has ranked the school No. 1 in the nation in total minority master's degrees granted, and U.S. News and World Report has ranked it one of the top Midwest regional universities. The school is also mov- ing quickly into the digital age, offering an online program in securi- ty management. This initiative is a collaboration between Webster and the American Society for Industrial Security. "Our mission is to provide stu- dents with a well-rounded education that prepares them to be dynamic thinkers and leaders and to carry within themselves the seeds of life- long transformation and change," says Akande. "It is our core business to respond quickly to the changing dynamics of the marketplace with academic programs that are relevant, substantive, and distinctive." ■ z