{"id":2889,"date":"2010-04-17T10:16:18","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2010-04-18T10:21:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T18:21:53","slug":"ross-sad-to-see-dolan-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/ross-sad-to-see-dolan-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Sad to See Dolan Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Bob Dolan of Michigan's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/MichiganRoss.aspx\">Ross School of Business<\/a> announced that his term that ends in the summer of 2011 will be his last, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/content\/business-school-dean-dolan-wont-serve-beyond-second-term?page=0,2\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Michigan Daily<\/em><\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n<p>Ross's Multidisciplinary Action Projects, the real world program that Dean Dolan cultivated, has become \"sort of the signature element of the school\u2026[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.<\/p>\n<p>\"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.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dolan, the construction of the new facility is also representative of Ross's improved action-based learning philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>Ross administrators and faculty say that they are sad to see Dolan step down and move on.<\/p>\n<p>Dolan is following in the footsteps of Dean Edward Snyder from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/chicago.aspx\">Chicago Booth<\/a> and Dean Jay O. Light from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/HarvardHBS.aspx\">HBS<\/a> 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.\"<\/p>\n<p>Related Accepted.com Blog Posts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2009\/12\/22\/sitting-down-with-ross-dean-dolan.html?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=RossDean\">Sitting Down with Ross' Dean Dolan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2009\/12\/10\/chicago-booth-dean-announces-resignation.html?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=BoothDean\">Chicago Booth Dean Announces Resignation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2010\/1\/20\/chicagos-ted-snyder-to-become-dean-of-yale-som-in-2011.html?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=BoothDean\">Chicago's Ted Snyder To Become Dean of Yale SOM in 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2009\/12\/2\/hbs-news-dean-light-to-retire-directors-update.html?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=HBSDean\">HBS News: Dean Light to Retire; Director's Update<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2006\/10\/19\/interview-with-hbs-dean-jay-light.html?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=HBSDean\">Interview with HBS Dean Jay Light<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/MBA\/Default.aspx?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=MBAIcon\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/profile.ak.fbcdn.net\/object3\/947\/54\/s8255073883_9880.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260090948492\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>Accepted.com<\/a> ~ Helping You Write Your Best<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Bob Dolan of Michigan&#8217;s Ross School of Business announced that his term that ends in the summer of 2011 will be his last, reports The Michigan Daily. 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