About two-thirds of its faculty consists of current and former consultants half of them from Arthur D. Little most of whom have broad international consulting experience. Case studies, too, are generally international, in contrast to most big B-schools. Most assignments are put together in collaboration with consultants from Arthur D. Little. Each team of about six students has at least one consultant on board, working on and managing the project. A faculty member oversees each assignment.
Clients pay only expenses.
The cynical might suspect that all this is just a way to provide project fodder and drum up extra business for Arthur D. Little. Maybe, but the school's healthy waiting list suggests that both students and employers love its novel model.