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International Students in American Business Schools

Robert Joss, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business
© Robert Holmgren/Gsb.stanford.edu
Date: June 7, 2006
Time: 11:30 a.m EDT (1530 GMT)

 

American business schools are admitting an increasing number of international students into their incoming master's of business administration (MBA) classes each year. Join Robert Joss, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, for an online discussion of the role of international students within the university, the recruitment and application process for MBA programs and U.S. business schools' efforts to keep competitve in the international education system.

Guest Biography: Robert L. Joss, a leader in global banking, former Treasury Department official and Stanford Ph.D., became the eighth dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1999. At that time, he stepped down as chief executive officer and managing director of Australia's Westpac Banking Corporation, one of Australia's largest banks, a post he had held for six years. From 1971 to 1993, Joss held a variety of titles at San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Bank, rising to the position of vice chairman. Before joining Wells Fargo, Joss worked in Washington, first as a White House fellow and then for the Treasury Department as deputy to the assistant secretary for economic policy.

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