In 2009, faced with a 23 percent pay cut and threats to close permanently The Boston Globe, the union employees of New England’s flagship newspaper returned to the bargaining table and settled for a 6 percent wage cut, pension freeze, reduced health care benefits and a five-day unpaid furlough. According to Gary Chaison, professor of…
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GSOM’s O’Brien greens businesses from Worcester to Vietnam
Will O’Brien may have the campus’s best answer to the age-old question: How did you spend your summer vacation? O’Brien, visiting lecturer at the Clark University Graduate School of Management, devoted two weeks in June to lecture about sustainability practices to 40 M.B.A. students at Vietnam National University in Hanoi. The overseas trip also afforded…
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Clark University professor’s new book examines the future of collective bargaining in America
The workplace has changed dramatically in the past decade; one could argue the pros and cons of such changes. Labor unions (with membership at an all-time low) have lost influence in the workplace and in the economy, and workers’ job and income security are declining. How has union influence evolved, and what types of bargaining…
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Peace Corps partners with IDCE in graduate fellowship program
The Peace Corps has welcomed Clark University’s International Development, Community & Environment (IDCE) department to its Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program, a graduate fellowship that offers financial assistance to returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) and places them in degree-related, professional internships in underserved American communities. Through the program, RPCVs admitted to Clark’s IDCE graduate programs…
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Stephen Roach: U.S. should view China as an opportunity, not a rival
The United States and China are widely perceived as rivals, but the superpowers in fact rely on one another in a number of areas and — if political maneuverings don’t get in the way — could work together on a scale that would help balance the shortcomings in their respective economies. So said Stephen Roach,…
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Top economist to speak about China’s financial climate, April 12
The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Clark University will welcome Stephen Roach, one of Wall Street’s most influential economists, for a public lecture on “The Changing Financial Climate in Asia: China’s Growing Role in the World,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street. Roach…
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MBA in Sustainability prepares leaders in vital evolving field
The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Clark University now offers an MBA concentration in sustainability, an innovative program focusing on the critical business and management skills corporate leaders need to effect global change and be true stewards of the environment. Clark’s program couples the principles of environmental sustainability with the business strategies and fundamentals…
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Catherine Usoff named dean of Graduate School of Management
Catherine Usoff, Ph.D., has been selected as dean of Clark’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM). She previously served as professor and chair of the Information & Process Management Department at Bentley University. She starts her new post on June 1. “Professor Usoff has an impressive track record in spearheading major curriculum innovations at both the undergraduate…
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GSOM to launch new Master’s in Accounting program in fall 2012
The Clark University Graduate School of Management (GSOM) announces the introduction of a Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) program, beginning in September 2012. Clark is the only school in Central Massachusetts to offer an MSA program that prepares students to take on increasingly complex responsibilities in the current global economy while satisfying the 150 credit-hour…
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Aspen Institute names Clark MBA program to biennial list of top 100
Clark University’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM) has been included on a list of Top 100 MBA programs worldwide, compiled by The Aspen Institute for its biennial Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey. GSOM was selected for demonstrating significant leadership in integrating social, environmental and ethical issues into its program. The Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey is the…
