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Dean Bob Dolan of Michigan's Ross School of Business announced that his term that ends in the summer of 2011 will be his last, reports The Michigan Daily. Dolan has served as dean of Ross for two terms, since 2001, and has had a huge impact by changing the b-school's curriculum to focus on "real world learning," as well as overseeing the construction of the new Ross facility.

Ross's Multidisciplinary Action Projects, the real world program that Dean Dolan cultivated, has become "sort of the signature element of the school…[a]nd it's the way we differentiate ourselves to say that we really think in terms of developing leadership capabilities," explains Dolan about the program's success.

"He's really solidified our identity in a way, as being a school that is really grounded in this idea of leading in thought and action and action-based learning," says Kathleen Sutcliffe, associate dean for research and faculty at Ross.

According to Dolan, the construction of the new facility is also representative of Ross's improved action-based learning philosophy.

Ross administrators and faculty say that they are sad to see Dolan step down and move on.

Dolan is following in the footsteps of Dean Edward Snyder from Chicago Booth and Dean Jay O. Light from HBS who also stepped down from their posts after a ten-year stint. "Well, ten years is time for you to execute your vision," says Dolan, "and maybe it's better for somebody else with a new view on the world to come along and have their chance to mold the school."

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