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2015-2016

State of LGBT Equality in

Business School

Reaching Out MBA Inc is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicate to cultivating

future out lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender leaders by educating, inspiring

and connecting LGBT MBA students and professionals.

Learn more at www.reachingoutmba.org

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I. LGBTs in the Business School Admissions Process

Business School Offers the LGBT MBA Fellowship Does your application include a self-identifying box for LGBTQ applicants? Does your application include the option to express interest in an on-campus LGBT club?

Are there any other ways prospective LGBTQ applicants can be out in the application process for your school?

Boston University Questrom School of Business Yes Yes No

Brandeis International Business School Yes No No LGBTQ Students can self identify in our application process through our two essays, video essay, and interview. Carnegie Mellon, Tepper School of Business Yes Yes Yes Definitely! Prospective students can be out in the application process as they express their interest in the Tepper

School on the Tepper interest form. We have resources at Tepper, Carnegie Mellon University, and in the greater Pittsburgh community that we would love to connect to prospective students. Please do not hesitate to contact the Masters Admissions liaison for LGBTQ students, Jackie Jones at jlj@andrew.cmu.edu, and she would be happy to chat with you 1:1, and will put you in touch with these resources. LGBTQ applicants should consider attending the Tepper Diversity weekend --this is a great way to learn about the supportive community at Tepper.

Columbia Business School Yes Yes No

Cornell University, Johnson School of Management Yes Yes Yes Students can be out in their essay and interview (should they be offered one), also perhaps via their recommenders.

Duke, Fuqua School of Business Yes Yes Yes

Georgetown, McDonough School of Business No Yes Yes

GW, University School of Business Yes No Yes Resume Interview Essays

Harvard Business School Yes No No Applicants can be out in the HBS application by showing us through club/leadership activities or through the personal essay.

Johns Hopkins, Carey Business School Yes No No Through the interview or essays (both the required and optional essays.) London Business School Yes No Yes They can mention it if desired in one of the application essays or during the interview.

MIT, Sloan School of Management Yes Yes Yes

Northwestern, Kellogg School of Management Yes Yes Yes

NYU, Stern School of Business Yes Yes Yes

Ohio State Univ, Fisher College of Business Yes No Yes Students can choose to mention it in application or video essays, admissions interviews or to current students and alumni.

Penn State, Smeal College of Business No No No There is a section of the application in which applicants can include any additional information they would like the committee to know about them.

Rice University, Jones School of Business Yes Yes Yes

Stanford Graduate School of Business No Yes Yes Many(applicants(will(choose(to(inform(us(through(the(essays(as(well.

The Wharton School No Yes Yes

Tuck School at Dartmouth Yes No Yes

U Mass Amherst, Isenberg School of Management No No Yes The application process is initiated with an information session (either mailed, emailed, or via pamphlets in person) where the diverse offerings of the Isenberg School of Management and the greater UMass community are detailed. Amongst these offerings, ROMBA and the ROMBA conference are both highly recommended for incoming MBA students and the Stonewall Center (LGBTQ support center for UMass Amherst campus) is described and made available to all students regardless of program affiliation.

While applicants are not particularly asked for self-identifying information, the diversity of the LGBTQ community in the Pioneer Valley is made aware to all prospective incoming students. Furthermore, incoming students are recommended to take advantage of the cultural, scholastic, and social opportunites that the area provides; this is encouraged by our geographic proximity to Northampton, MA and Smith College.

UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business Yes Yes Yes

UC Davis Graduate School of Management No No No We encourage students to use the optional essay to share pertinent personal information.

UCLA, Anderson School of Management Yes Yes Yes On our webpage, through our Admissions Ambassador Corps (AAC), prospective students can submit an interest form that will be directed to our LGBTQ student organization, Out@Anderson. From here, our student representatives can answer any questions from a student perspective; highlighting the LGBTQ programs, services, and overall experience.

UNC, Kenan Flagler Business School Yes No Yes

Univ of Chicago, Booth School of Business Yes Yes No Applicants can opt in to have LGBT outreach when they visit campus.

Univ of Michigan, Ross School of Business Yes Yes Yes The Michigan Ross community is incredibly open and inclusive with very strong support from allies. Prospective students can review the Michigan Ross Out for Business prospective student site

(http://rossoutforbusiness.org/future-members/admissions-faq/), reach out to the Ross Out for Business club leadership (rossofbcontact@umich.edu) or reach out to Senior Associate Director of Admissions, Diana Economy, with any questions.

Univ of Minnesota, Carlson School of Mgmt Yes No

-Univ of Virginia, Darden School of Business No Yes Yes

Univ of Washington, Foster School of Business No Yes Yes

University of Rochester, Simon Business School Yes Yes Yes

University of San Francisco, School of Mgmt No No Yes Applicants can identify themselves as LGBTQ in the optional essay, personal statement, or volunteer section. There is an LGBTQ club that hosts events during school year which are also open to prospects in the School of Management.

University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Yes No Yes

USC Marshall School of Business No No No Applicants can incorporate their status/interest in the LGBTQ community at Marshall in essay question 1b. They can also use the optional essay to identify as LGBTQ

UT Austin, McCombs School of Business Yes No Yes Yes, prospective applicants are encouraged to: reach out to GLAM to learn more about McCombs; attend our Diversity Forum; contact our ROMBA Fellows throughout the recruiting process (they will also be members of GLAM); utilize the resume if he/she is a leader in any LGBT organizations; if comfortable, use references in application essays or the additional optional essay to potentially self-identify. There is a self-identifying box on the Consortium application.

Vanderbilt Owen School of Management Yes No Yes We maintain a very collaborative, inclusive community. Candidates feel at ease interacting with members of our community and typically relay their sexual orientation in the admissions interview with a member of our staff. Admissions interviews are required in order to gain admission to our program.

Washington University, Olin Business School Yes No No Our application is very short but there is an opportunity for additional information which is a common place to put information that an applicant would want to have in the application not covered by earlier questions.

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II. LGBT Data Reported on Campus

2  

Your Business School

Your LGBT MBA Club's Name

Approx Number of

Out/Self-Identifying LGBTQs in the MBA

Program for 2015-2016? (MBA1,

MBA2, Part-time)

Approx Number of

LGBT MBA Club

Members (*Can

include allies):

Babson'College

Out'Network

0.92%

15

Boston'University,'Questrom'School'of'Business

Cohort'Q

1%

30

Columbia'Business'School

Cluster'Q

4.15%

664

Duke'University,'Fuqua'School'of'Business

FuquaPride

3.7%

150

George'Washington'University'School'of'Business

Out'For'Business

6.04%

11

Georgetown'University,'McDonough'School'of'Business

GALA:'Gay,'Ally,'and'Lesbian'Alliance

3.65%

16

Harvard'Business'School

HBS'LGBT'Student'Association

4.26%

100*

Indiana'University,'Kelley'School'of'Business

Out@Kelley

1.59%

30

London'Business'School

Out'In'Business

3.56%

50

McGill'University,'Desautels'Faculty'of'Management

OUTlook'on'Business

3.33%

60

New'York'University,'Stern'School'of'Business

Out'Class

4.69%

173

Northwestern'University,'Kellogg'School'of'Management

Pride@Kellogg

3.13%

160

Penn'State,'Smeal'School'of'Business

Out'&'Allies'in'Business'

1.49%

8

Pepperdine,'Graziadio'School'of'Business'

Graziadio'Reaching'Out

0.94%

5

Purdue'University.'Krannert'School'of'Management

Krannert'OutSoruce

2%

32

Robert'H.'Smith'School'of'Business'`'University'of'Maryland'at'College'Park

Smith'Pride'Alliance'(SPA)

Opt'Out

12

Stanford'Graduate'School'of'Business

GSB'Pride

5.50%

45

Tuck'School'of'Business'at'Dartmouth

Tuck'Pride

2.27%

58

UCLA,'Anderson'School'of'Management

Out'@'Anderson

4.78%

124

University'of'California'Berkeley,'Haas'School'of'Business

Q@Haas

4.80%

266

University'of'Chicago,'Booth'School'of'Business

OUTreach

3.10%

210

University'of'Massachusetts,'Isenberg'School'of'Management

Isenberg'ROMBA

6.67%

9

University'of'Michigan,'Ross'School'of'Business

Out'for'Business

3.92%

95

University'of'Oxford,'Saïd'Business'School

Purple'Spires

3.43%

20

University'of'Pennsylvania,'The'Wharton'School

Out4Business

4.07%

830

University'of'Virginia,'Darden'School'of'Business

Pride'at'Darden'(PAD)

1.87%

135

University'of'Washington,'Foster'School'of'Business

Foster'Out'in'Business

3.20%

80

All data is student & club reported

Only those schools/clubs reporting LGBTQ student numbers are listed

3.46% average out, self-identifying LGBT student is an increase from

2.94% in 2014-2015’s survey and 2.7% in 2013-2014’s survey.

Currently 56 known, active LGBT On-Campus Clubs Globally

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Gay  

6.89%  

Lesbian  

1.17%  

Bisexual  

2.50%  

Queer  

0.55%  

Prefer  not  to  

say  

0.55%  

Sexual  Orienta-on  

About the Reaching Out/ Friendfactor

Survey Sample

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2918 current MBA students surveyed

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23 participating schools

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Carnegie Mellon Tepper

• 

Columbia Business School

• 

Duke Fuqua

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Emory Goizueta

• 

George Washington University

• 

Harvard Business School

• 

Indiana Kelley

• 

Northwestern Kellogg

• 

NYU Stern

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Tuck at Dartmouth

• 

UC Berkeley Haas

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UCLA Anderson

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Univ. of Chicago Booth

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Univ. of Michigan Ross

• 

Univ. of Minnesota Carlson

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UNC Kenan-Flagler

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Univ. of Penn, Wharton

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USC Marshall

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UT Austin McCombs

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Univ. of Virginia Darden

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Univ. of Washington Foster

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Vanderbilt Owen

First  Year  

57.95%  

Second  

Year  

37.84%  

Other  (Part-­‐

Time,  Dual,  

ExecuPve)  

4.22%  

Class  of  MBA  Student  

III. LGBT Acceptance on Campus

43%  

55%  

0%  

0%  

0%  

1%   1%  

Gender  Iden-ty  

Female  Cisgender  

Male  Cisgender  

Female  Transgender  

(FTM)  

Male  Transgender  

(MTF)  

Genderqueer  /  Gender  

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Strongly  Agree  

39.36%  

Agree  

48.48%  

Neutral  

9.71%  

Disagree  

2.07%  

Strong  Disagree  

0.38%  

People  here  are  knowledgeable  and  aware  of  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual,  and  transgender  

(LGBT)  issues  and  current  events.  

Strongly  Agree  

38.67%  

Agree  

43.05%  

Neutral  

16.45%  

Disagree  

1.49%  

Strong  Disagree  

0.35%  

LGBT  students  know  who  their  allies  are  and  who  they  can  go  to  for  support.  

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Never  

13.38%  

Once  

9.92%  

A  Few  Times  

39.42%  

SomePmes  

24.12%  

Regularly  

13.16%  

How  oIen  have  you  heard  people  speak  up  about  LGBT  issues  at  your  school  (poin-ng  

out  a  stereotype,  encouraging  inclusive  language,  bringing  up  a  current  event,  etc)?  

Never  

35.08%  

Once  

19.42%  

A  Few  Times  

22.64%  

SomePmes  

16.18%  

Regularly  

6.67%  

How  oIen  have  you  shown  up  or  par-cipated  in  LGBT-­‐related  ac-vi-es  and  events  at  your  

school?  

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Strongly  Agree  

1.50%  

Agree  

7.52%  

Neutral  

18.15%  

Disagree  

38.95%  

Strong  Disagree  

33.88%  

On  my  campus  LGBT  people  are  expected  not  to  act  "too  gay"  

Strongly  Agree  

5.13%  

Agree  

14.09%  

Neutral  

26.12%  

Disagree  

38.82%  

Strong  Disagree  

15.84%  

It  is  always  up  to  the  LGBT  students  to  field  ques-ons  about  LGBT  rights  or  

workplace  issues  when  they  come  up  

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Strongly  Agree  

61.36%  

Agree  

27.37%  

Neutral  

8.47%  

Disagree  

1.28%  

Strong  Disagree  

1.52%  

LGBT  people  feel  free  to  bring  their  same-­‐sex  partners  to  school  

events  

Not  out  to  anyone  

6.52%  

Out  to  a  few  

people  

12.50%  

Out  to  Most  

people  

21.20%  

Out  to  everyone  

44.57%  

I  don't  idenPfy  as  

LGBT  or  consider  

myself  an  ally  

15.22%  

How  out  are  you  as  an  LGBT  person  

or

 suppor-ve  ally  in  your  MBA  

community?  

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