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THE COLES DIFFERENCE A video summary of our differences.

Why Coles?

In addition to world-class MBA courses that you’d expect at a top business school like Coles, we are proud of our main differentiators purposefully devised for experienced executives to have the confidence and tools to thrive personally and professionally.

• Dedicated, Executive MBA only, faculty team
• Functional Teaming
• Authentic Leadership
• Executive Coaching
• The Global Experience
• Personal and Professional Development

All of these program features were designed to provide you, the adult learner, with the confidence and tools to thrive personally and professionally.

Inviting locations and unbeatable schedule

In addition to our beliefs, our one-weekend (Saturday and Sunday) a month class schedule, easy weekend drive or fly-in locations (I-75 at Chastain Road for our open enrollment program and at AT&T Lenox Park for the AT&T program) are additional reasons why students select the Coles Executive MBA.

I drive 3 hours to the Coles Executive MBA campus once a month, Vivian flies in, and Dianne and Chris drive over 60 miles. Coles is worth the commute and the 24/7 access to the Executive MBA Suite makes my time on campus a pleasure.

Jean Harrison, Class of 2006, Chemical Engineer, Merck

Grading that reflects real business

As an adult learner and experienced professional your grades should reflect the way the world evaluates your performance. Accordingly, the Coles Executive MBA grades you on real world deliverables and not through rote memorization or traditional examinations. As a result, your grades become useful in evaluating how you are doing in the workplace.

As a seasoned professional it was important to me to select a program that understands grades as a way to benchmark my professional development rather than testing me through memorization type examinations.

Kendra Kirz, Class of 2001, AT&T Wireless

Distance learning leaders

Our distance learning leadership via our electronic tools, dedicated Executive MBA only faculty team, and learning teams enables education to be continuous in between in-class sessions. Our alumni rank us higher than peer schools in regards to distance learning and as such we have gained the reputation as the distance learning leader.*

* Independent survey of peer and global Executive MBA program alumni administered via the Executive MBA Council and FGI Research (last survey results received October 2004).