{"id":3086,"date":"2010-05-03T04:49:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T12:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2010-05-04T04:56:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T12:56:27","slug":"kelloggs-new-dean-what-does-she-mean-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/kelloggs-new-dean-what-does-she-mean-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Kellogg’s New Dean: What Does She Mean (for You)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As discussed in an earlier Almanac post<\/a>, Kellogg School of Management has a new dean, Sally Blount, who had served as Dean of NYU\u2019s undergrad program and Vice Dean of the university\u2019s Stern School of Business. This is good news for Kellogg on multiple levels\u2014Blount is expected to help the program raise money and increase placement stats, among other things.<\/p>\n

But what does it mean for you, if anything?<\/p>\n

In an earlier post<\/a>, I talked about the departure of Kellogg\u2019s previous dean, Dipak Jain. Here, I\u2019ll think out loud about what Sally Blount\u2019s arrival might mean for Kellogg applicants.<\/p>\n

1. In the big picture it will be business as usual<\/em>. Yes, Dean Blount will be busy doing what deans do\u2014rallying faculty, raising money, enhancing curricula, meeting with other deans, meeting students, meeting employers, raising money (yes, it deserves two mentions, given its priority right now)\u2014but for current students and applicants it won\u2019t change much. They\u2019ll still have to focus on their usual priorities. For students that means finding jobs, and for applicants that means putting their best foot forward.<\/p>\n

2. So how can you put your best foot forward, in light of the new dean?<\/em> Let\u2019s think of some of the implications of Dean Blount\u2019s arrival. These apply, to some degree, to most b-schools, but they may be more critical given the situation Blunt stepped into.<\/p>\n