Babson is a small private
business school with
undergraduate,
graduate, and private
executive education courses. It is located in
Wellesley, Massachusetts. The school is recognized internationally for leading the study of
entrepreneurship, and has also recieved much recognition for its extremely
innovative undergraduate
curriculum.
This includes the
Foundation Management Experience, in which all
Freshman students plan and execute, using school capital, small businesses, liquidating them at the end of the year, and donating the proceeds to charity.
Additionally, the
interdisciplinary Intermediate Management Core is recognized for its all-encapsulating study and hands-on approach. By the end of a Babson education, most students will have solid experience
managing,
consulting,
investing, and more. Noteable advanced programs include
Management Consulting Field Experiences, in which companies or non-profits hire Babson students to consult on specific problems (usually
marketing- or
IT-oriented), and the
Babson College Fund, in which students manage a sizeable chunk of the school's endowment in an all-equity portfolio.
Babson has been criticised both internally and externally for its lack of a 'life' on
campus. Many people leave the school on weekends, and historically, there is rarely much going on that isn't business-oriented.