3rd December 2001 Financial Times
IMC has appointed Ferenc
Partos, 52, as its
chief executive.
Mr Partos, who holds dual Hungarian and US
citizenship, has conbined both academic and
business roles in his 26-year career, with
a special emphasis on telecommunications
and the media.
15th Sept 2001Financial Times
Control and ownership of
IMC was set to be
transferred to the Central
Euroopean University,
an institution with which
it shares buildings
in the Hungarian capital.
The main backer of both
the IMC and CEU is
George Soros, the Hungarian-born
billionaire
financier and philanthropist,
who is Budapest
to oversee the transfer.
The IMC move follows 18
months of uncertainty
over the future of the
school, following
a problematic relationship
with the Weatherhead
School of Manabement, Case
Western Reserve
University., Cleveland.
IMC has taught MBa
courses accredited by Case
Western since
1996, but Weatherhead had
declined to continue
the arrangement after 2003
following compaints
about teaching standards
and cheating in
Budapest.
`The CEU is an American university, accredited
by the state of New York. This means the
IMC will continue to award American MBA degree,'
Prof Bartha said.
6th August 2001 Financial Times
Prof Trok, who only took the helm at IMC
just over a year ago, resigned because his
election to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
required time for research and administrative
duties, says Paul Marer, MBA programme director
at IMC. `Prof Torok remains associated with
the IMC and the associated Central European
University, and will continue to teach at
both institutions. The IMC board will commerce
and active search for a new dean in the near
future', Prof Marer adds.
18th Sept 2000 Financial TImes
Watherhead School of Management, Ohio,has
dissolved its four-year partnership with
IMC.
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