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| Established | 1947 |
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| Dean | Julie Coonrod (Interim) |
Academic staff | 103 (total) 50 (tenured and tenure-track) 53 (adjunct and non-tenure track) |
| Undergraduates | 981 |
| Postgraduates | 474 |
| Location | , |
| Website | www |
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TheAnderson School of Management (Anderson) is thebusiness school of theUniversity of New Mexico (UNM). Anderson was the firstprofessional school of management established in the state ofNew Mexico. Anderson's current alumni base is over 24,000 graduates.
The school was founded as theCollege of Business Administration in 1947 under xxx. It has beenaccredited by theAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since 1975. UNM was the thirduniversity to gain professional AACSB accreditation for both theirbachelor's andmaster's degree programsmanagement programs. In 1974, the school was named forRobert Orville Anderson, a New Mexico oilman and longtimeCEO of theAtlantic Richfield Company (ARCO).[1] The school was the first at astate college or university in New Mexico to be named in honor of a prominent citizen.
The school has grown from 15tenured or tenure-trackfaculty members when it was established to 50 tenured or tenure-track faculty members today. The current interimdean isJulie Coonrod.
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The Anderson School offersundergraduateBachelor of Business Administration (BBA)degrees and fourmaster's degree programs: TheMaster of Business Administration (MBA), including online, professional and executive MBA (EMBA) programs, the Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Business Analytics (MS-CBA), the Master of Science in Project Management (MS-PM), and theMaster of Accounting (MACCT). BBA and MBA students may select from tenconcentrations:Accounting,entrepreneurship,financial management,information assurance,international management,information systems management,management of technology,marketing management,operations management,organizational behavior/human resource management, and policy and planning. Students may also choose not to pursue a concentration.[2]
BBA students may select from ten concentrations: Accounting,finance, human resource management,interdisciplinary film and digital media (IFDM), international management, information systems management, marketing management, operations management,entrepreneurial studies, ororganizational leadership.[3]
The Anderson School offers severaldual-degree programs for students who wish to pursue a second advanced degree in conjunction with the MBA. MBA dual degree programs are offered with theJuris Doctor (JD) with theSchool of Law (MBA/JD), theMaster of Engineering programs inmanufacturing engineering andelectrical orcomputer engineering (MBA/MEME and MBA/ME) with the School of Engineering; the MBA/Pharm.D. (MBA/Doctor of Pharmacy); and theMaster of Arts in Latin American Studies (MBA/MA) with the UNM Latin American Studies Program. The School also offers a dual-degree program with the School of Law with theMaster of Accounting (JD/MACCT).[4]
Anderson's MBA program in Management of Technology was ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. in a 2004 study published in theJournal of Product Innovation Management.[5]
The Anderson School offers several scholarships to its students. In the 2012–2013 academic year, 131 undergraduate students applied for scholarships; 53 students received awards totaling $51,500. 155 MBA/MACCT students applied for scholarships; 97 students received awards totaling $191,030.[6]
In April 2008, theFederal Bureau of Investigation announced that was awarding the nation's 15thRegional Computer Forensics Laboratory (RCFL) to New Mexico, with the University of New Mexico as one of several partnering institutions and agencies.[7] The New Mexico RCFL is acomputer forensics laboratory and training center supporting local, state, and federalcriminal investigations. The Anderson School's Center for Information Assurance Research and Education, established in 2006, is involved with the laboratory.[8][9] The CIARE was designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance by theNational Security Agency andDepartment of Homeland Security in spring 2007.[10][11]
The Anderson School is part of the UNM Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program, along with the College of Fine Arts and other UNM programs.[12]
The Anderson School's Endowed Chair in Economic Development, currently held by Dr. Suleiman Kassicieh, oversees a wide range ofeconomic development initiatives within the school, including the UNM Business Plan Competition, with over $100,000 in annual prizes and additionalventure capital funding for student teams who compose the strongest technology and entrepreneurialbusiness plans.
The UNM Small Business Institute (SBI) at Anderson, established in 1978, connects with Albuquerque-area businesses with graduate and undergraduate students who provide freeconsulting work under the guidance of the faculty. The institute works with around 25 businesses a semester.[13]
Anderson MBA marketing have won the Cadillac National Case Study Competition in 2005 and 2006, and placed second in 2007.[14][15]
Senior-level BBA marketing students won Project Acceleration: TheSubaru Impreza Collegiate Challenge[16] in 2007.[17]
In April 2009, the Bridgespan Group ranked the Anderson School tied for third in the nation in the number of courses specifically related to managingsocial sector organizations.[18] In 2007, theAspen Institute Center for Business Education rated the Anderson School 18th in the world among business schools for demonstrating significant leadership in integrating social and environmental issues into its MBA program.[19] In the same year,Hispanic Business magazine included Anderson School one its list of "top ten U.S. business schools for Hispanics" based on its total graduate and Hispanic enrollment, faculty, student services, retention rate and reputation.[20] In March 2011 Anderson was, according to US News, one of the top 10 business schools with the highest three month job placement rates among full-time 2010 M.B.A. graduates.US News
According to data reported in 2011 byU.S. News & World Report, 50.7 percent of Anderson MBA students areminorities, the 17th highest proportion of minority MBA student enrollment in the United States.[21] Other data reported on 2011 indicates that 53.6 percent of Anderson MBA students are women.[22]
Several student organizations are active at Anderson, including theAlpha Kappa Psi business fraternity (Beta Tau chapter), the American Indian Business Association (AIBA),DECA, the Association of Graduate Business Students (AGBS), the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA), theBeta Alpha Psi business honor society,Delta Sigma Pi (Gamma Iota chapter), the Finance Management Association (FMA), the Graduate and Professional Association (GPSA), the Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA), the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), Net Impact, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the Student Contracts Management Association.[23]
Anderson's "Distinguished CEO Lecture Series" has featured lectures from CEOs, including New Mexico native and Anderson alumnusMichael S. Gallegos Gallegos also sponsors the $25,000 first-place prize for the UNM Technology Business Plan Competition, an Anderson initiative which seeks to foster high-tech startup firms and high-wage job creation in the state.[24]
Anderson hosted the first AlbuquerqueHispanoChamber of Commerce Day in the spring 2008, where prominentHispanic business leaders spoke.[25]
Anderson alumni includeJames G. Ellis (BBA, 1968),dean of theUniversity of Southern California'sMarshall School of Business,[26] andGene E. Franchini (BBA, 1957), lawyer, judge,New Mexico Supreme CourtChief Justice.[27]
