Um… is a sustainable MBA really necessary?
Is a sustainable MBA really necessary? The Network for Business Innovation in Sustainability is asking that question, and hoping you will help them figure out if it 
is by answering a survey here.
The 17-question survey is meant to gauge local need for sustainability MBA programs. The survey introduction says Antioch University’s Center for Creative Change is considering offering an MBA in Social and Environmental Sustainability beginning in Fall 2009.
Locally, the Bainbridge Graduate Institute has offered an MBA in sustainable business since 2002. The people I know that have attended this program give it rave reviews. Other schools, like the University of Washington and Seattle University, also offer courses in sustainability.
For more on this topic, check out Ideal Bite. It’s an old post, but has some interesting comments on green MBA’s. Or check out the article “Green Business and Education Prove a Crutch to a Lagging Economy.”
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October 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
As director of the Center for Creative Change at Antioch Seattle, I’d like to invite you to respond to the survey mentioned in Katie’s post.
I’d also like to say why we are considering launching an MBA in Social and Environmental Sustainability.
- Antioch Seattle is part of a national University, with a 155 year history to social justice, socially engaged citizenship and experiential education. Ever since the days of Douglas MacGregor, Antioch has been a pioneer in education for business and organizational development. Our new degree will build on these traditions, our strength as a national university, and our commitment to educational innovation.
- The Seattle campus has offered fully accredited graduate degrees in management and environmental sustainability for over a decade. This makes an MBA in Social and Environmental Sustainability a natural choice for us.
- Consistent with our strengths, the new degree will emphasize social sustainability, unlike other local “green” MBA degrees. Moreover, this emphasis will be integrated with environmental sustainability in fully interdisciplinary coursework.
- Our current and prospective students, as well as our alums, have told us that they’d like to see us offer an MBA in Social and Environmental Sustainability.
- Our new MBA will be fully accredited, unlike some of our competitors. Antioch New England already offers an MBA in this subject, and we will be building on its success.
Thank you!