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SIMON BUSINESS WARNER SCHOOL
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
$1.37M $354,819
• In a highly competitive MBA landscape, • The Warner School’s ROC Urban Teaching
scholarships remained a critical component of Fellows Program was launched to ease the
Simon’s admissions strategy. More than 85% of teacher shortage in Rochester while providing
our Full-Time MBA students received future educators unparalleled hands-on
scholarships in 2022-23. classroom experience and mentorship. Fellows
• Simon was ranked #27 in both Bloomberg are hired by the school district, compensated
Businessweek’s Best U.S. Business Schools in with salary with benefits, and provided $10,000
2022-23 and in the 2023-24 U.S. News & World toward college tuition.
Report rankings. • Scholarship support provided critical financial
• Already deeply committed to equity, diversity, assistance through a guaranteed 50% school
and inclusion, U.S. News & World Report ranks counseling scholarship to help address a
Simon at #2 among the most diverse Top-50 statewide shortage. These scholarships help to
MBA programs in the list of highly-ranked and support our UR undergraduate GRADE students.
distinguished public and private business GRADE is also building a pathway for RCSD
schools. students to go from high school to UR, and then
• Simon’s trailblazing STEM-designated degrees to Warner - expanding access for local students
to pursue teaching and counseling professions.
across all specializations and programs are in
high-demand, preparing students to lead and • The Warner School’s Center for Urban Education
solve the toughest challenges in today’s data- Success (CUES) launched a study involving
driven business environment. CUES researchers and a high school English
teacher from East High School. This study
empowered students to become community
advocates by researching problems in their
neighborhoods, and then proposing and
presenting solutions based on what they learned.
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