Student presidents launch ‘MBA Peer School Forum’

The outgoing and incoming student government presidents of seven major business schools including University of Chicago (Booth), Columbia University, Northwestern University (Kellogg), Harvard, MIT (Sloan) and Stanford assembled at the Wharton School to engage in a three-day President’s Summit, at which was announced the formation of a student government coalition titled the ‘MBA Peer School Forum’.

The forum seeks to provide a platform for inter-school cohesion and collaboration among the different MBA student bodies, opening new frontiers for coordinating student led initiatives to bring positive impact to business and society. The outgoing and incoming student presidents of the member schools are scheduled to convene at least once each year for a President’s Summit where important issues on business education and student life (e.g., business ethics, diversity issues, social impact, alumni responsibilities, etc.) will be discussed and shared. The forum also seeks to serve as a conduit for increased communication and knowledge sharingacross all levels of the MBA student bodies.

The idea of forming this formal institution emerged on the meeting of business school student presidents hosted by Kellogg last spring, where the presidents shared information on topics such as student conduct and etiquette, domestic and international student integration, recruiting/career management, and metrics to access faculty quality. 

While many of these business schools have long engaged in such collaborative knowledge sharing at the administrative level, this is the first time the student governments of the seven business schools have agreed to form a structured foundation for such cross school collaboration and knowledge sharing.  

• Kellogg School of Management
  Full-Time MBA
• MIT Sloan School of Management
  Full-Time MBA
• University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  Full-Time MBA, Part-Time MBA, Executive MBA
• Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
  Full-Time MBA, Executive MBA
• Stanford Graduate School of Business
  Full-Time MBA