The Program

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Curriculum—Business Degree (MBA) or Certificate (RAMP)

Whether you complete an MBA or RAMP, you’ll learn strategic frameworks to articulate problems, explore alternatives, and reach solutions:

Sample Courses:
Strategy		Accounting/ Finance
Leadership		Data Analysis
Organizational Behavior		Marketing
Teams and Decision Making		Operations
Managing Change		Communications/ Negotiations

 

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Curriculum—Education Entrepreneurship Summer Institute

During this intensive summer program, you’ll apply management and leadership concepts to the school environment, along with a diverse cohort of education entrepreneurs. Through case studies and team projects, you’ll challenge your basic beliefs about education and develop new frameworks.

Sample Course List--from Summer 2009
History of Educational Entrepreneurship		School Boards and Principals
Creating a High Performance Culture		Texas State Legislature, SBEC, and TEA
Race, Culture, and Instruction		Budgets as a Tool for Reform
Performance Management and Data		Leading Teams through a Change
The Role of Evidence in Education		Overcoming Obstacles in Entrepreneurship

Course list for Summer 2010 will be posted by end of September 2009.

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Faculty 

REEP faculty are chosen from among the leading researchers, practitioners and policy makers at the intersection of education and business.  They represent an unparalleled diversity and depth of perspective, pulled from across the country.

Collaborating Organizations

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business
The Jones School at Rice University offers the Rice MBA, through its Full-Time, MBA for Executives, and MBA for Professionals programs. The globally recognized Jones school also offers a Management Ph.D. program, an undergraduate business minor, and a full schedule of executive education and customized courses for business and industry.

Houston Endowment Inc
Established in 1937 by Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones, Houston Endowment is a private, philanthropic foundation that improves life for the people of the greater Houston area through its contributions to charitable organizations and educational institutions.

Teach For America
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic majors, career interests, and professional backgrounds who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.