{"id":131,"date":"2013-04-03T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/2013\/04\/03\/the-real-value-of-a-business-degree\/"},"modified":"2013-04-03T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T16:08:00","slug":"the-real-value-of-a-business-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/2013\/04\/03\/the-real-value-of-a-business-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Value of a Business Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kristen Cuneo<\/i><\/div>\n
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My name is Kristen Cuneo and I\u2019m a first-year MBA student at Boston University\u2019s School of Management. My background is in nonprofit management. For five years after college, I taught self-defense and conflict resolution to girls and managed leadership development programs for teen and college mentors. I knew that the empowerment and transformation of girls I taught came in large part from the strong mentoring relationships my staff and I formed with program participants. As I looked to broaden my perspective of the world by going to business school, I wanted a school that placed a premium on strong, healthy relationships.<\/div>\n
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When you choose a business school, you invest in the value of all the past, present and future individuals of that institution \u2013 from students to faculty and administrators. When your personal and professional development is based heavily on what others bring to your experience, maximizing the value of this investment is critical.<\/div>\n
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At BU, mentoring is a pervasive and foundational element of the school\u2019s culture. Professors, administrators, and peers are willing to listen, learn and teach. When Ken Freeman, former CEO of Quest Diagnostics<\/a><\/a>, was named the Dean<\/a> of BU\u2019s School of Management, he stated, \u201cWhat thrills me more than perhaps anything else about having the opportunity to be the dean of [the BU school of management], is the opportunity to help shape minds that will impact the future of the world.\u201d  <\/a>Dean Freeman is a remarkable teacher and leader, and he exemplifies how to build strong, healthy relationships and learning communities.<\/div>\n
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Dean Freeman chats with students in his office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Dean Freeman mentors every chance he gets. He makes himself incredibly accessible to the entire student body. Here are just a few examples:<\/p>\n