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Babson College

The Academic Seal of Babson College
Established September 3, 1919
Type Private
Endowment $250 million (2010)[1]
President Leonard A. Schlesinger
Students 3,439
Undergraduates 1,851
Location Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates: 42°17′53.63″N 71°15′40.29″W / 42.2982306°N 71.2611917°W / 42.2982306; -71.2611917
Campus Suburban
Former names Babson Institute (1919–1969)
Colors Green and White         
Athletics NCAA Division III
Nickname Beavers
Website www.babson.edu
Babson College logo.svg

Babson College is a private business school located in Wellesley, Massachusetts near Boston.

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[edit] History

Babson College was founded by Roger Babson on September 3, 1919, as the Babson Institute. It was renamed "Babson College" in 1969. Believing experience to be the best teacher, Roger Babson favored a curriculum that was a combination of both class work and business training: businessmen made up the majority of the faculty instead of academics, and the institute's curriculum focused more on practical experience and less on lectures.

Students worked on group projects and class presentations, observed manufacturing processes during field trips to area factories and businesses, met with managers and executives, and viewed industrial films on Saturday mornings.[2]

[edit] Academics

Babson offers all undergraduates a bachelor of science degree in business management while the F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College offers MBA degrees. Students are also given the option to declare concentrations their senior year from a broad range of subjects in various business and other fields. Programs are accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)[3] and the college itself has been regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) since 1950.[4]

[edit] Rankings

Babson’s MBA program has been ranked #1 in entrepreneurship for 18 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report,[5] and is ranked #39 overall in the Bloomberg Businessweek 2010 rankings.[6]

In 2011, Forbes ranked Babson at #44 among US business schools based on return on investment. [7]

In 2010, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Babson's undergraduate program #17 overall in the country, as well as giving Babson the second-most, tied with Cornell University, top-10 specialty rankings among leading undergraduate business programs.[8][9][clarification needed]

[edit] Campus

The Babson Globe

The campus is 350 acres (1.4 km2) in the "Babson Park" section of Wellesley, Massachusetts.[10] The 25-ton, 28-foot-diameter (8.5 m) Babson Globe is a notable campus landmark. Built in 1955 by Roger Babson at a cost of $200,000, it originally rotated both on its axis and its base, demonstrating both day and night and the progression of the seasons. It was allowed to deteriorate; the facing tiles fell off in 1984, and by 1988 it had the appearance of a rusty sphere. The Babson administration announced that it would be destroyed, but outraged students, faculty and alumni began a drive to raise money for its restoration. In 1994 the globe itself was refurbished, though it no longer rotates. It was for many years the largest rotating globe in the world and remains one of the largest ever built. (For the largest, see Eartha.)[11][12]

[edit] Student life

In 2008, there were a total of 3,439 students attending Babson, 1,851 of whom were undergraduates.[13] Student publications include a literary magazine[14] and there are several fraternities and sororities on campus: Alpha Epsilon Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Theta Chi. Babson College Radio was started in 2001.[15] Babson offers a variety of special interest housing, such as the E-Tower, a competitive living and learning community for entrepreneurs.[16] Other housing options include the I-Tower, the Healthy-Living Tower, the Liberal Arts Tower, ONE Tower, the Philanthropy Tower, the Sophomore Steering Tower, and the Green Tower.

[edit] Athletics

Babson's athletic nickname is the "Beavers" and its colors are green and white. Babson has twenty-two varsity sports teams, the majority of which compete in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) as NCAA Division III.[17] In addition, the men's and women's alpine ski teams compete in the United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association (USCSA),[18] the men's ice hockey team competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), and the men's lacrosse team competes in the Pilgrim League. Babson College's golf team competes in the NECC (New England Collegiate Conference) and won the title in 2011 giving them an automatic bid to the NCAA's. They were led by senior captain Joe Young who won NECC golfer of the year in 2011. [19] }}

[edit] Notable alumni

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[edit] Business

Also of note: American billionaire Peter Kellogg was a dropout [46]

[edit] Government, Athletics, Misc.

[edit] Notes and references

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