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In the 2007-2008 academic year the Tuck School of Business will
introduce a societal leadership program to its curriculum, designed to give
second-year M.B.A. students an additional hands-on opportunity to develop
leadership skills by tackling complex social issues from a business
perspective. The program will include a year-long elective course dedicated to
a critical societal issue, and will establish a collaboration between Tuck
students and Dartmouth undergraduates performing research and analysis through
the new Paganucci Fellows
Program. The program provides a summer internship and the possibility of
continued work at Tuck throughout the following academic year to five
undergraduates.
"As part of Tuck's strategy to offer the world's best leadership
education, we are launching this program to better prepare our students to be
responsible, engaged business leaders," says Tuck Dean Paul Danos, who
conceptualized the program.
The course format will allow students to spend the fall and early winter
studying an issue in the classroom, followed by experiential project-based
learning in the late winter and spring. Subject matter for the course will
include input from the incoming first-year class and will culminate in
second-year course work and projects. Tuck students will collaborate with
undergraduates on research and analysis. Dartmouth students awarded Paganucci
Fellowships will dedicate a summer to researching and synthesizing information
about the issue in question, with the option of continued work at Tuck
throughout the following academic year.
The inaugural course will focus on microfinance as a vehicle for alleviating
global poverty. Future topics will examine opportunities for businesses to
create both positive social and financial value.
The societal leadership program complements Tuck's Allwin Initiative for
Corporate Citizenship and the Cohen Leadership
Development Program. The Allwin Initiative focuses on the intersection of
business and society, where issues of corporate objectives and responsibility,
ethics, citizenship, and leadership become paramount. The Cohen Leadership
Development Program offers a combination of coursework and coaching designed to
bring out students' unique leadership strengths.
By COLIN VAN OSTERN
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