David Schmittlein joined the MIT Sloan School of Management as John C Head III Dean in October, 2007. Prior to his appointment at MIT Sloan, he served on the faculty at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1980 until 2007. While at Wharton, he was the Ira A. Lipman Professor and Professor of Marketing. In addition, he was chair of the editorial board for Wharton School Publishing. Schmittlein has consulted for companies such asAmerican Express, AT&T, and Boston Scientific. He has over forty publications, most in leading journals in Marketing, Management, Economics and Statistics...
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In this interview, he talks about the composition of his student body at Sloan, the types of skills and experiences his students gain, how Sloan uses social media, and more.
How many of your students have jobs while attending Sloan and how many go full-time? What are the pros and cons?
MIT Sloan has an Executive MBA program for more senior executives, having about 15 years experience, in which they retain their managerial position and come to MIT about once a month for two years. But this is a program with only 120 participants. Our MBA program in which...




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