PhD Project

KPMG Peat Marwick PhD Project

The College of Business Administration at The University of Illinois at Chicago supports The PhD Project.

PhD Project Mission

To recruit and support qualified underrepresented minorities- African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans in order to create diverse business school faculties.

Objectives

• To increase the number of minority business professors who can function as role models and mentors;
• To influence more minorities to pursue business degrees/careers;
• To increase the number of qualified minority applicants to fill critical positions in the business disciplines;
• To improve the preparation of all students by allowing them to experience the richness of learning from a faculty with diverse backgrounds;
• To reach the goal of a better prepared and more diversified workforce to service a diversified customer base.

UIC ranks in the top 10 PhD programs to admit minority applicants.

If you are interested in finding out more about the PhD Project please call 1-800- 762-3932 or visit www.phdproject.com.