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SEAS in 2016

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Kerry Herman
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:21
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Abstract

The case explores opportunities and challenges facing the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as it 1) grapples with rapid undergraduate enrollment growth and its smaller scale relative to other top engineering schools and 2) prepares to move two-thirds of its faculty and classes to a new campus in Allston, 1.5 miles from its current Cambridge location.

Keywords

Business Education; Engineering; Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Change Management; Education Industry; United States

Citation

Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Kerry Herman. "SEAS in 2016." Harvard Business School Case 817-063, December 2016.
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Thomas R. Eisenmann

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