Luis de Terry, a graduate of the McGill program in Montreal, says that the school didn't open as many doors as he would have liked. Lending credence to such complaints, Schulich will open its first separate placement office for MBA students next year. Until now, MBAs have had to share the school's placement office with undergraduates. Without enough money, after all, schools are hard-pressed to let academics do research. By comparison, U.S. or European schools ply professors with lucrative pay packages, posh offices, ample time for research, and the money to do it.
Canadian schools do have strengths.
Students say that if you're looking for an international atmosphere, but don't want to leave North America, go to Canada. And the young professors the schools are hiring should provide a good foundation for the future. Queens recruited seven new faculty members for the coming academic year. Ivey attracted 19, of whom 15 are junior faculty. With the value of an MBA rising outside of North America, and already astronomical in the U. S., Canadian schools could miss out on a chance to raise their profile if they don't react in time.