Embracing Diversity and Inclusion:
The Role of the University Ecosystem in Corporate America
Mike Langley, Associate Director, MBA Admissions and Corporate Outreach
Organizations that I’ve worked with or been
recognized by:
Headlines:• USA Today College – “Racism on college
campuses: Students on where we are now” (February 2016)
• LA Times – “For black students at Texas, Supreme Court remarks are a burden added” (December 2015)
• CNN Politics – “Supreme Court divided in University of Texas affirmative action case” (December 2015)
• CNN U.S. – “A timeline of the University of Missouri protests” (November 2015)
• NBC News – “University of Oklahoma Says Racist Song Was ‘Formalized’ by SAE” (March 2015)
• Jezebel – “University of Alabama Sorority Felt Blacks Were ‘Bad for Our Status’” (August 2014)
Why should schools even care about diversity? We don’t want to
end up like the
Oscars…
BIGGEST Predictor of Success in Life?
Having an OPEN Network:“By bringing together people of different
backgrounds, you gain the ability to escape a single group’s echo chamber and avoid errors
caused by groupthink”
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-having-an-open-network-predicts-career-success-2016-1
According to the Peterson Institute and Ernst & Young (EY),
a company with 30% female leadership could expect to add up to six percentage points to its net
margin
Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3267dfe-cc1a-11e5-be0b-b7ece4e953a0.html#axzz3zb2hN3vM
Statistics drawn from Hobsons Connect. January ‘14 – August '15.
https://ellermba.askadmissions.net/sso/sso/login.
Program Type
FT MBA EvMBA EMBA
Work Experience
2.8 6.2 12.6
Age 26 31 41
Intel 2015:• Exceeded annual hiring goal, achieving 43.1% diversity hiring (40%; up 1.8x)• Increased hiring of underrepresented minorities by 31% (11.8%)• Increased hiring of women by nearly 43% (35%)• Narrowed gap in female representation (24.8%; up 5.4%)
Eller Executive MBA Class of 2016 Eller Evening MBA Class of 2016 Eller Full-Time MBA Class of 20160
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Eller MBA Class of 2016 Diversity Recruitment NumbersTotal Count White/Caucasian Hispanic/LatinoBlack/African-American Other/International Percentage of Women
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/diversity/diversity-in-technology-annual-report.html
How Does Eller Accomplish This?
Outreach Examples:Activities with direct involvement/piloting:• International Economic Forum of the Americas• Women’s MBA Alumni Panel
• Forté Foundation Forum
• mba.com Military Blog• Educational Testing Service TOEFL/GRE Vlog
Strategically Target Organizations for Phoenix In-Demand Industries
• Amazon• Best Western• Boeing• ClearChannel• Coldstone Creamery• Dial Corporation• GoDaddy.com• JPMorgan Chase
• INTEL• Honeywell
• Humana• IBM• LifeLock• Motorola• PetSmart• U-Haul• USAA
Partner with various business/leadership development organizations
Work with in-house resources to identify additional opportunities
Cultivate Alumni Population:• Eller MBA Alumni Club of Maricopa County• Eller Professional Association of Phoenix
Ensures student takes full advantage of networking opportunities during their studies
Each student participates in a Global Business Experience
Bring in subject matter experts for additional insights
Kaplan Mobray, Personal Branding Expert & Author
Jerrell Moore, VP of Diversity and Inclusion, Time Warner Cable
Launch military-friendly recruitment events
Bring together like-minded professionals to understand benefits of Phoenix programs
Bottom Line: We want our programs to influence Corporate Culture to positively
impact their Bottom Line
“Each of us can spark change—for individuals, families, communities,
and the world.”http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/
corporate-responsibility/innovate.html
QUESTIONS?
USA Today College staff. “Racism on college campuses: Students on where we are now.” USA Today College. Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. February 26, 2016. Web. February 27, 2016.http://college.usatoday.com/2016/02/26/racism-on-college-campuses-students-on-where-we-are-now/. Hennessy-Fiske, Molly. “For black students at Texas, Supreme Court remarks are a burden added.” Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles Times Media Group. December 12, 2015. Web. February 27, 2016. http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-na-black-ut-students-20151213-story.html.
de Vogue, Ariane. “Supreme Court divided in University of Texas affirmative action case.” CNN Politics. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. December 9, 2015. Web. February 27, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/09/politics/affirmative-action-supreme-court-university-of-texas/.
Pearson, Michael. “A timeline of the University of Missouri protests.” CNN U.S. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. November 10, 2015. Web. February 27, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/09/us/missouri-protest-timeline/.
Cohen, Alan, and Tracy Connor and Gabe Gutierrez. “University of Oklahoma Says Racist Song Was ‘Formalized’ By SAE.” NBC News. NBC News Digital. March 27, 2015. Web. February 27, 2016. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ou-says-sae-frat-members-learned-racist-song-national-event-n331416.
Coker, Hillary Crosley. “University of Alabama Sorority Felt Blacks Were ‘Bad for Our Status.’” Jezebel. Gawker Media. August 7, 2014. Web. February 27, 2016. http://jezebel.com/university-of-alabama-sorority-felt-blacks-were-bad-for-1617545094.
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