Bainbridge Graduate Institute

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Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Motto: "Changing Business for Good"
Established: 2002
Type: Private Non-Profit
President: Gifford Pinchot III
Staff: 20
Postgraduates: 150
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
Campus: IslandWood Environmental Learning Center and Channel Rock on Cortes Island, British Columbia
Website: www.bgiedu.org

The Bainbridge Graduate Institute on Bainbridge Island, Washington offers sustainable business curriculum which prepares graduates to create and manage successful, dynamic enterprises that build a better world. Founded in 2002, The Higher Education Coordinating (HEC) Board of Washington State has allowed BGI to confer the MBA degree since the beginning.

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[edit] Programs of Study

[edit] MBA Program

BGI’s MBA in Sustainable Business is offered over the course of two- or three-years, in a format designed for working adults. Concentrations include:

  • Outdoor Industry
  • Sustainable Energy Solutions
  • Green Building
  • Sustainable Community Economic Development
  • Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

BGI was recognized as the #1 MBA program overall in Net Impact's (www.netimpact.org) report: "Business as UNusual: The 2007 Net Impact Student Guide to Graduate Business Programs." BGI was rated # 1 in 9 of the 20 factors surveyed.

BGI was one of only a handful of business schools chosen by BusinessWeek magazine for its international list of Best Design Schools - schools emphasizing creativity, innovation and design as a strategic advantage.

[edit] Certificate Programs

BGI also offers two certificate programs in Seattle, Washington in Sustainable Business and Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship. The Certificate programs are nine months in length.

[edit] Student body

In 2007, BGI had 144 students and has graduated its third class. BGI's student body has an average age of 38, and a range from 22 to 66. Each year, students and faculty attend nine intensives (Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning) on Bainbridge Island, WA, and complete online learning between the intensives. Classes meet face-to-face once a month and utilize a variety of distance learning technologies to continue their work between sessions. A typical quarter at BGI consists of a pre-reading period, three weekend intensives, online distance learning between intensives, and a finals period. The academic calendar is organized into Fall, Winter and Spring quarters, with no required courses offered in summer. MBA program credits are awarded for graduate coursework, in a combination of 3-credit courses and 1-credit courses. Individual courses may vary as to the distribution of lecture, lab and practicum.

The majority of BGI students hold full time jobs. They come from all parts of the US, and three Canadian Provinces, with about three quarters coming from within 500 miles of Seattle.

BGI is in process of seeking accreditation.

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