CB’s mission : To foster a dynamic learning environment that equips students from diverse backgrounds with the skills and knowledge necessary to unlock new life prospects and make an enduring positive impact on their communities. We achieve this by offering theoretically grounded, practice-oriented business education programs, producing impactful research, building partnerships with key stakeholders, and nurturing a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The MBA program expands access for new local, regional, and international learners wishing to pursue graduate education in business at CWU. The program aims to develop students’ ability to create sustainable solutions to complex business and societal problems in a dynamic environment. High Impact practices (e.g. capstone projects, internships), that builds on community partnersips, and dynamic problems that have immediate and long term business and societal impact (such as sustainability) is at the core of the program. Thus, the proposed program fits with the mission of CWU and CB (e.g. sustainability, community partnerships, diversity of backgrounds, high impact practice, etc.) Further, the proposed program is aligned with the core values of learners success and lifelong learning, increased learner enrollment, and closing equity gaps. The College of Business proposes to closely partner with community colleges as well as colleges across campus (e.g. CEPS & CAH) to offer the MBA to community college graduates and our own graduates from both business and non-business programs. This will allow the College to focus on adding value to the entire learner journey as they transition from undergraduate programs into the workforce and life long learning. The emphasis on an industry driven program is also consistent with the core value of engagement as it allows the college to partner with small and large businesses to train, retool, and reskill learners that align with their workforce needs. How does the proposed program meet current workforce demands and employment opportunities for graduates? Describe and provide evidence. In today's market, an MBA is becoming more of a requirement for advancement into managerial and executive level roles. A search of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website provides employment projection data across all occupations and sectors through 2032. The projection of growth for Financial Analysts is 8% which is higher than the estimated 3% increase for all occupations and would add 29,000 jobs to the 376,100 estimated Financial Analyst jobs in 2022 1 . The projection of growth for Management Analysts is 10% which is faster than the estimated 3% increase for all occupations and would add 95,700 jobs to the 987,600 estimated Management Analyst jobs in 2022 1 . Below is additional information regarding Washington state and long-term projections. Some of the higher projections of the percentage of positive change in Washington State include Financial and Investment Analysts (17.4%), Management Analysts (28.9%), and Computer and Information Systems Managers (31.4%).
1 Home : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov)
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