Graduate Initiatives & Academic Innovation’s FY2025–26 work centered on four priorities set at the start of the year: growing Broad’s program portfolio, building internal capacity and efficiency, scaling academic innovation, and expanding global reach. Each priority drew on multiple functional areas working together. The Year in Four Strategic Priorities
1. GROWTH OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Broad’s graduate portfolio expanded and modernized this year, with new credential types, redesigned delivery models, and stronger admissions infrastructure to support them. ACADEMIC INNOVATION & PROGRAM STRATEGY • Redesigned and relaunched MS-Business Data Science & Analytics as a fully online, asynchronous program with three stackable certificates embedded in the curriculum. • Redesigned Master of Business Administration – Program in Integrative Management (PIM) and prepared the program to launch an online modality. The program redesign reduced the overall credits from 45 to 42 and incorporates three embedded/stackable certificates across the core and elective options. • Developed and approved a new AI for Business Leadership certificate as part of the graduate curriculum. • Built consistent infrastructure for launching new programs — successfully navigating the Provost Review Committee and Revenue Based Initiative (RBI) process, with 9 new RBIs approved. • Initiate Post Graduate Diploma and GRC4 certification for Railway Management. Nine New Stackable Graduate Certificates Approved Several of these certificates are embedded within the Master of Business Administration (PIM) and MS-BDSA; all are also available as standalone, stackable credentials — a flexible pathway for working professionals. Business Essentials for Leaders • Consulting • Digital Innovation in Global Business • Healthcare Management • Organizational Leadership & Strategy • Fundamentals in Insights and Analytics • AI for Business Leadership • Advanced Business Analytics Applications • Data Decision-Making GRADUATE OPERATIONS & ACADEMIC SERVICES • MS-Marketing Research & Analytics (MS-MRA) received the Lewis Quality Award for over a decade of top rankings, enrollment success, and industry engagement. • Supported the strategic reimagining and relaunch of the MS-Business Data Science & Analytics (MS-BDSA) — operational planning, admissions, recruitment, and communications coordination for the new program format. • Launched Slate texting communications to improve applicant engagement, deadline awareness, and enrollment conversion. • Strengthened admissions operations through enhanced applications review coordination, drip campaign development, and consistent deployment of best practice process MS programs.
BROAD COLLEGE of BUSINESS
FY2025–26 ANNUAL REPORT
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