How do Darden students subscribe to the University of Virginias Jeffersonian ideals?
We’re one of the first schools to have a mandatory graded ethics program in the first year, and we have the Business Round Table for Corporate Ethics housed here. We’re one of the schools known for training ethical leaders. How has the career services changed since you took charge? We’ve integrated self-assessment into first-year curriculum and developed a real culture of outreach to companies. Five career consultants focus on counseling students, which is probably higher than at most places. Has Darden made any career-oriented curriculum changes to better prepare students? We’ve just launched “core electives” that will help our first-years get more out of their summer and be more sure about their career objectives. These classes, like marketing research, at first were only taught during second year, but are now taught before your summer internship. It helps students be better prepared for their summer experience by taking these extensions (see BW Online, 03/26/06, “Creativity Comes to
