Gabelli School of Business

{{Short description|Business schools of Fordham University}} {{Infobox university | image_name = Gabelli_School_of_Business_seal.svg | name = Gabelli School of Business | latin_name = Schola Negotiorum Gabelliana | parent = [[Fordham University]] | motto = Sapientia et Doctrina<br />([[Latin language|Latin]] for ''Wisdom and Learning'') | established = 1920 | type = [[Private university|Private]], [[Independent school|Independent]], [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] | president = [[Tania Tetlow]] | dean = Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D. | city = [[New York City]] and [[Harrison, New York|West Harrison]] | state = [[New York (state)|New York]] | country = [[United States|USA]] | undergrad = 2,024<ref name="fordham.edu">{{Cite web |url=http://www.fordham.edu/info/20456/about/2954/fast_facts |title=Fast Facts | Fast Facts | Fordham |access-date=2015-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424213057/http://www.fordham.edu/info/20456/about/2954/fast_facts |archive-date=2015-04-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | postgrad = 1,828<ref name="fordham.edu1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.fordham.edu/info/20481/about/3369/fast_facts |title=Fast Facts | Fast Facts | Fordham |access-date=2015-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424213447/http://www.fordham.edu/info/20481/about/3369/fast_facts |archive-date=2015-04-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | faculty = 254 full-time<ref name="fordham.edu"/><ref name="fordham.edu1"/> | campus = Lincoln Center ([[Manhattan]]):<br />[[Urban area|Urban]], {{convert|8|acre|m2}}<br />Westchester ([[Harrison, New York|West Harrison]]):<br />[[Suburban]], 32 acres, Rose Hill ([[Bronx]]) 85 acres | colors = [[Maroon (color)|Maroon]] and [[White]] {{color box|#800000}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} | affiliations = | mascot = [[Bighorn sheep|Ram]] | website = {{URL|https://www.fordham.edu/gabelli-school-of-business/|fordham.edu/gabelli-school-of-business/}} }}

The '''Gabelli School of Business''' is the undergraduate and graduate business school of [[Fordham University]], a [[Private university|private]] [[Jesuit universities|Jesuit]] [[research university]] in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]].

Fordham University's involvement in business started early in the 20th century with the founding of the School of Business in 1920. The Gabelli School of Business has been an [[AACSB]]-accredited business school for over 50 years, and is a partner of the [[CFA Institute]]. As of March 2015, it incorporated the former '''Fordham Graduate School of Business'''.

==History== The Gabelli School of Business was established in 1920 in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] of [[Lower Manhattan]], and is now located on Fordham's Rose Hill campus in the [[Bronx, New York|Bronx]] as well as on the Lincoln Center campus in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/undergraduate_colleg/college_of_business_/index.asp |title=Gabelli School of Business — Undergraduate Education in New York City |access-date=2014-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217222334/http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/undergraduate_colleg/college_of_business_/index.asp |archive-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fordham established itself as a provider of graduate business education in 1969, with the launch of its first master's degree programs at the Lincoln Center campus. The undergraduate and graduate business schools were separate entities until 2001 when the university administration made the decision to unify them under one Dean until 2005 when they were again put under separate leadership. In 2014 the university administration began a yearlong process of unifying them again with a single identity and one dean.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordham.edu/info/20449/about/3540/past_and_future|title=History|first=Cynthia|last=Blayer|website=Fordham.edu|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

The Graduate School of Business opened in 1969 as part of the redevelopment of [[Lincoln Center]].<ref>As I Remember Fordham, 1991. Pg 1-3.</ref> The Graduate School of Business was part of a consortium offering an MBA at Peking University in Beijing China from 1998 to 2008 and was replaced by Vlerick University. This program, known as BiMBA (Beijing international MBA), was listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the most valuable Chinese programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deanstalk.net/deanstalk/2007/04/forbes_best_bus.html|title=BizDeans Talk web article|website=Deanstalk.net|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820160332/http://www.deanstalk.net/deanstalk/2007/04/forbes_best_bus.html|archive-date=20 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Campus == [[File:Fordham Law School by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|right|Former Fordham Law School building on Lincoln Center campus, now home to Gabelli School of Business]] [[File:43 West 61st Street.jpg|thumb|right|Former College Board headquarters at [[The Sofia|45 Columbus Avenue]] near Lincoln Center campus, now home to professor and administrator offices]] [[File:Fordham University 03.JPG|thumb|right|Hughes Hall on the Rose Hill campus, home to Gabelli School of Business]] The school is housed across two campuses: in Hughes Hall on the Rose Hill campus, and at Lincoln Center, in the former Law School building and at [[The Sofia|45 Columbus Avenue]] (former College Board headquarters in Manhattan bought by Fordham in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/08/05/fordham-university-closes-on-49-6m-property/|title=Fordham finalizes buy of $50M property near Lincoln Center|date=5 August 2014|website=Therealdeal.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://commercialobserver.com/2014/08/fordham-closes-on-new-space-near-lincoln-center/|title=Fordham Closes on New Space Near Lincoln Center|date=4 August 2014|website=Commercialobserver.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> that is located right across the street from the former Law School building).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.fordham.edu/business-and-economics/donna-rapaccioli-named-dean-of-fordhams-unified-gabelli-school-of-business/|title=Donna Rapaccioli Named Dean of Fordham's Unified Gabelli School of Business|date=26 February 2015|website=Fordham.edu|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> The former Law School building reopened as the "140 W. 62nd St." building of the Lincoln Center campus in Summer 2016. It is primarily the building for the Gabelli School of Business at Lincoln Center, but it is shared with the Quinn Library, student clubs offices, Argo Tea, Health Services, Student Leadership, Multicultural Affairs and Counseling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordhamobserver.com/fordham-purchases-new-space-on-columbus-ave/|title=Fordham Purchases New Space on Columbus Ave • Fordham Observer|date=2 March 2014|website=Fordhamobserver.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

==Academics== The Gabelli School of Business offers undergraduate day and evening programs that lead to Bachelor of Science degrees in finance, Public Accounting, Marketing, Applied Accounting and Finance, Accounting Information Systems, and Management of Information and Communications Systems (MICS).

Within the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, concentrations are offered in Accounting, Communications and Media Management, Finance and Business Economics, Information Systems, Management Systems, Marketing, Public Accounting and Taxation/Accounting (MTA Program). Within the Master of Science (MS) programs, degrees are awarded in Accounting, Business Enterprise (MBE), Information Technology (MSIS), Accounting, Investor Relations (IR), Media Management, Taxation, Quantitative Finance, Global Finance, and 3 Continent Master of Science in Global Management (3CMGM), Business Analytics (MSBA), Marketing Intelligence (MSMI), and MS in Media Entrepreneurship (MSME).

Special Programs include: * Executive MBA * Deming Scholars MBA * Global Professional MBA * Joint JD/MBA * ESADE Business School in Barcelona * Ph.D. in business administration

The Gabelli School's first cohort of Ph.D. students will begin the school's first doctoral program in the Fall of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fordhamram.com/2015/11/11/gabelli-introduces-doctorate-program/ |title=Gabelli Introduces Doctorate Program | the Fordham Ram |access-date=2015-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031910/http://fordhamram.com/2015/11/11/gabelli-introduces-doctorate-program/ |archive-date=2015-11-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Research centers== Research centers at Fordham Business School include:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fordham.edu/info/20449/about/3539/research_centers |title=Research Centers | Research Centers | Fordham |access-date=2015-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425230041/http://www.fordham.edu/info/20449/about/3539/research_centers |archive-date=2015-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Center for Communications *Center for Digital Transformation *Center for Humanistic Management *Center for Positive Marketing *Center for Research in Contemporary Finance *Consortium for Trustworthy Organizations *Frank J. Petrilli Center for Research in International Finance *Fordham University Pricing Center *Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis *Global Healthcare Innovation Management Center

== Rankings == {{Infobox business school rankings  | BWg = 55 | QSUSA = | USNWRg =  | QSglobal = | FT = }} ''U.S. News & World Report'' subject area rankings at the undergraduate level (2020): International business: 10; Finance: 14; Marketing: 20; Entrepreneurship: 15.

Poets & Quants undergraduate ranking (2021): 25 out of 100 nationwide.

''U.S. News & World Report'' subject area rankings at the graduate level (2021): Accounting: 36; Business Analytics: 39; Finance: 15; International Business: 15; Marketing: 14.

''U.S. News & World Report'' graduate ranking (2021): Part-time MBA: 57; Full-time MBA: 64.

Businessweek graduate ranking: 57

Poets & Quants graduate ranking (2020): MBA: 50; EMBA: 50.

Financial Times Global MBA Rankings: Corporate social responsibility: 28; Full-time MBA: 92; EMBA: 79

Corporate Knights Better World MBA Ranking: MBA: 9 worldwide

Forbes MBA Rankings: Full-time MBA: 58

The Economist Rankings (2020): EMBA: 33; WhichMBA 2020 EMBA Gender Balance: 1

QS Business School Rankings: MBA: 56 nationwide; MS in Business Analytics: 37 worldwide

CEO Magazine Rankings: MBA: Tier 1, North America; EMBA: Tier 1, Global - 52 worldwide

==Admissions== Admissions decisions are made on a holistic basis that considers academic record, standardized test scores, accomplishments outside of the classroom, recommendations, and essays. The average SAT score (math + verbal only) is 1302.<ref name="fordham.edu"/> The average GMAT score is 603.<ref name="fordham.edu1"/>

According to [[BusinessWeek]]'s MBA Profile, between the New York City and Westchester campuses, the school has 349 full-time students and 1,202 part-time students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/part_time_mba_profiles/fordham.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112223729/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/part_time_mba_profiles/fordham.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2007|title=BusinessWeek profile|website=Businessweek.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

==Student life== Gabelli School of Business has over 50 active student clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordham.edu/info/20479/undergraduate_student_organizations|title=Fordham online information - Academics - Colleges and Schools - Gabelli School of Business - Gabelli Resources - Undergraduate Student Resources - Undergraduate Student Organizations|website=Fordham.edu|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordham.edu/info/20494/graduate_student_organizations|title=Fordham online information - Academics - Colleges and Schools - Gabelli School of Business - Gabelli Resources - Graduate Student Resources - Graduate Student Organizations|website=Fordham.edu|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> Gabelli School of Business also organizes many business conferences each year.

==Notable alumni== {{Main|List of Fordham University alumni}} There are more than 35,000 Fordham School of Business alumni.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fordham.edu/info/21535/business_analytics/3317/careers|title=MSBA Careers|first=Cynthia|last=Blayer|website=Fordham.edu|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> {{Dynamic list}} *[[Mario Gabelli]], CBA '65, Founder, [[Chairman]], [[CEO]] and Chief Investment Officer, [[GAMCO Investors]]. *[[Stephen J. Hemsley]], CBA '74, [[CEO]] of [[UnitedHealth Group]] *[[Maria Elena Lagomasino]], GBA '77, [[CEO]] (2001–2005) of [[JPMorgan Chase|JP Morgan]] Private Bank; [[Board of Directors]], [[Coca-Cola]] *[[Lorenzo Mendoza]], CEO of [[Empresas Polar]]. *[[Angelo Mozilo|Angelo R. Mozilo]], CBA '60, co-founder, [[Chairman]] and [[CEO]], [[Countrywide Financial Corporation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bankofamerica.com/mortgage/|title=Home Loans and Today's Rates from Bank of America|website=Bank of America|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> *[[Eugene Shvidler]], GBA (MBA and MS in International Taxation). *[[Jack Keane]], co-founder and Senior Managing Director, Keane Advisors; Retired 4-star General and Former Vice Chief of Staff-US Army

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{official website|https://www.fordham.edu/gabelli-school-of-business/}}

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