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MBA Ally Challenge
The inaugural MBA Ally Challenge is complete!
Congratulations to the winners, and to all six MBA programs that participated in building large and impactful ally initiatives at their schools. The MBA Ally Challenge engaged over 900 MBA students, and increased awareness about LGBT issues by 19% and the culture towards inclusiveness by 24% across the participating schools. See below for the results, and check out our blog post here for more details.
Final Results
Evaluation Criteria
Here's how the 2012-2013 challenge worked:
Student leaders signed up to build ally programs in their respective schools. Programs were evaluated on three criteria:
- Membership: Number of students inspired to become allies by participating in at least one activity
- Action: Number of ally-specific activities executed throughout the school year
- Outcomes: The impact created, both on individual allies and on the school’s culture, as measured by two pre and post surveys:
- A 12-question LGBT IQ quiz that tests students' awareness of key LGBT issues and facts
- A 9-question cultural climate survey that evaluates ally visibility and LGBT comfort levels at the school
At the end of the year, the top three programs plus a “Most Improved” program (highest lift above the baseline scores) were selected based on the three criteria.
Additionally, programs automatically achieved bronze, silver or goal level status for each criterion if they accomplished the below milestones:
| Bronze Program | Silver Program | Gold Program | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Membership | 25 | 50 | 100 |
| Action | 3 activities | 6 activities | 9 activities |
| Outcomes | 50% average score | 75% average score | Top 25% of all programs |
Details
Program Activities Completed Members* Outcomes:** Awareness/Culture Rank Columbia Business School Program Leaders: Helen Huey, Glen Bartley SILVER GOLD 300 BRONZE Pre: 41% / 70% Post: 52% / 74% 1 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ UVA Darden School of Business Program Leaders: Andrew Massaro, Clare Seekins SILVER GOLD 200 BRONZE Pre: 35% / 27% Post^: 55% / 42% 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Duke Fuqua School of Business Program Leader: JC Conover BRONZE GOLD 200 BRONZE Pre: 46% / 67% Post: 54% / 74% 3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yale School of Management Program Leader: Michael Chen BRONZE (only 3 of 7 activities reported by deadline for status decisions) GOLD 150 GOLD Pre: 43% / 73% Post^: 57% / 76% - ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Program Leaders: Rebecca Caesar, Raj Arunagiri, Siddhartha Ganguly, Solomon DeLeon 33 BRONZE Pre: 40% / 58% Post: 38% / 62% - ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ George Washington University School of Business Program Leaders: Matt Jaffe, Teri Norton 29 Pre: 36% / 46% - *Membership is calculated by the number of students who have participated in at least one activity (quiz, survey, event, campaign) related to the MBA Ally Challenge. **Outcomes are the average scores on two pre and post surveys administered to students in each program at the beginning and end of the school year: an LGBT awareness quiz and a cultural climate survey, both described further above. ^Low sample size ➜ Want to join next year's MBA Ally Challenge? Sign up to lead your school's program here!
