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1361
Average SAT
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94.7%
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ocated in New York City, Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business is rooted in the principles of Jesuit Education. Those principles are inherent in the school’s mission, which is “to inspire and empower positive global change, developing students into compassionate business leaders and supporting faculty and students in the generation of new knowledge.” This fall, Gabelli launched its “Ignite Scholars” honors program and enrolled the first cohort of students. The program selects talented students with demonstrated leadership experience and challenges and supports them to be agents for positive change in their communities, organizations, and the world at large. “We teach our students that profit and purpose can coexist, and that when they do, great things can happen for society,” Lerzan Aksoy, associate dean of Undergraduate Studies at Gabelli, says. The education at Gabelli School revolves around four main values: relevance, compassion, ethical decision-making, and global mindset. Relevance is ensuring that the curriculum is continuously revised to always remain relevant to changing global trends and landscape. Compassion means staff, administrators, faculty and students all nurture a “you and me culture” by providing support to one another, contributing positively to society, and helping others. Ethical decisionmaking is one of the most important values in the Gabelli education. “Faculty emphasize the importance of ethical decision making in all arenas of business through class lectures, case studies, as well as modeling behavior,” Aksoy says. Lastly, having global mindset is part of Fordham’s DNA. “Instilling a global mindset goes beyond offering study abroad opportunities and the global business major and concentration available to our students,” Aksoy says. “It permeates the curriculum. Having a globally diverse faculty body and being located in one of the world’s most cosmopolitan city influences the student experience and education inside and outside the classroom.” THE CURRICULUM In their first year, Gabelli students all take the liberal arts core. The core includes foundational courses such as philosophy, macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics, English composition, theology and mathematics. “The liberal arts core provides students with a well-rounded education and gives them the tools to think critically, be good writers, and eloquent speakers,” Aksoy says. First-year students also get introduced to business through the “Ground Floor” class. “Essentially you’re put into teams that you’ll work with through the