WSU looking to move their business school downtown?

[tkelly1986]

DePaul, Northwestern and Loyola all have their business schools downtown Chicago, yet their main campuses are in the neighborhoods, or for Northwestern, in another city [[Evanston).

[MAcc]

So more public funds to prop up private investments, giving the illusion of momentum?

[emu steve]

DePaul, Northwestern and Loyola all have their business schools downtown Chicago, yet their main campuses are in the neighborhoods, or for Northwestern, in another city [[Evanston).

Are you telling Bham that there is no rule or law dictating the location of the university's business school vis-a-vis their main campus?

One could extrapolate that for universities such as those in the Chicago area, or Detroit or another major city such as NYC, that having a business school in the heart of the major center of commerce is a good thing.

Of course, it would be a little hard for MSU to have their business school in Detroit.

[JBMcB]

What exactly is the purpose of splitting up a campus? It's a mess for students. My mom went to WSU when the nursing school was downtown - it ate up a half a day to attend the one or two classes per semester she had down there.

[Warrenite84]

When I went there, Prentis and Rands House were fine. Most of my classes were below ground level at Prentis or in the recessed auditorium at Rands. The study area near the glass-enclosed staircase we called "The Fishbowl" and worked fine for meeting up with classmate groups.

IMHO having to commute downtown by driving or via light rail would add to parking costs and extra time to shuttle between classes still in Midtown. Psychology, Statistics, Speech, etc. are still part of the Business Administration curriculum.

[Bham1982]

DePaul, Northwestern and Loyola all have their business schools downtown Chicago, yet their main campuses are in the neighborhoods, or for Northwestern, in another city [[Evanston).

The Kellogg School [[Northwestern) is based in suburban Evanston, not downtown. Their main business school campus is on the main campus. There are no major corporations anywhere near Kellogg.

DePaul is already downtown, so it would be kind of silly to not have their business school downtown.

And U of Chicago's business school is based on campus, on the South Side, with not a major corporation anywhere in proximity. Somehow this hasn't stopped the school from being one of the best in the U.S.

And if the theme on this thread is that "Wayne State and the region benefits from separating its business school from its campus, and moving it downtown", I still have no idea why it would then be placed in a location intended for private economic development rather than somewhere publicly owned. Wasn't the idea that Gilbert was going to grow the private sector downtown? How does relocating public institutions to fill his leasable spaces follow from this idea?

[Hypestyles]

curious. Where do WSU business students attend grad classes now? what would this mean for undergrads?

[Gistok]

The Kellogg School [[Northwestern) is based in suburban Evanston, not downtown. Their main business school campus is on the main campus. There are no major corporations anywhere near Kellogg.

DePaul is already downtown, so it would be kind of silly to not have their business school downtown.

And U of Chicago's business school is based on campus, on the South Side, with not a major corporation anywhere in proximity. Somehow this hasn't stopped the school from being one of the best in the U.S.

And if the theme on this thread is that "Wayne State and the region benefits from separating its business school from its campus, and moving it downtown", I still have no idea why it would then be placed in a location intended for private economic development rather than somewhere publicly owned. Wasn't the idea that Gilbert was going to grow the private sector downtown? How does relocating public institutions to fill his leasable spaces follow from this idea?

Just look at the very large chunk of change that Ford and Taubman gave to CCS to have another campus in the Argonaut Building in New Center.

So until we find out specifics about what Ilitch or Gilbert might cough up for a location downtown or in south midtown.... all your naysaying means squat....

[tkelly1986]

The Kellogg School [[Northwestern) is based in suburban Evanston, not downtown. Their main business school campus is on the main campus. There are no major corporations anywhere near Kellogg.

DePaul is already downtown, so it would be kind of silly to not have their business school downtown.

And U of Chicago's business school is based on campus, on the South Side, with not a major corporation anywhere in proximity. Somehow this hasn't stopped the school from being one of the best in the U.S.

And if the theme on this thread is that "Wayne State and the region benefits from separating its business school from its campus, and moving it downtown", I still have no idea why it would then be placed in a location intended for private economic development rather than somewhere publicly owned. Wasn't the idea that Gilbert was going to grow the private sector downtown? How does relocating public institutions to fill his leasable spaces follow from this idea?

DePaul is not only downtown [[Loop), the residential campus is in Lincoln Park, which is close to Wrigley Field is on the North side. Students have to travel on the redline for 20 min to get to classes at the business school or law schools. Everything else is in Lincoln Park where 70% of freshman and sophomores live. I graduated from DePaul and had to do this trek, so I should know.