This is a year of significant change in our faculty. Each of these new individuals is highly ranked by peers and fit well into GSIA's culture of innovative business education and research. Itoh is dean of the Graduate School of International Politics, Economics and Business. Dunn will visit Itoh s school later this summer. Both the number of firms and offers increased by more than 10 percent.
Applications also are at an all-time high.
Our fifth-ranked undergraduate business program has seen a 25 percent increase in applicants. There is a 10 percent increase in master s program applicants and the Ph.D. program continues to attract large numbers of qualified candidates. Our curriculum now requires laptop computers for all incoming master's students. Classrooms are being upgraded to include all the network connections for the new laptops. All incoming students also will be exposed to a new communications skills workshop class to supplement our traditional quantitative skills program.