The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management

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The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management (The Consortium) was founded in 1966 by late Washington University professor, Sterling H. Schoen. Professor Schoen believed there was a need for a program to assist African American males develop the business skills necessary to compete for entry-level positions in American business. To test his belief, he organized a feasibility conference that included 60 educators, business managers, and community-action leaders. The conference participants agreed that a cooperative university program to hasten the entry of minority people into management positions in business was both desirable and feasible. Washington University, Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin were the first three schools to participate in this endeavor. In its first three years, The Consortium only provided fellowships to black males. The first class consisted of 21 black males and corporate sponsors numbered 27. After 1970, the scope was broadened to include women, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. In 1968 and 1969 the University of Rochester and the University of Southern California joined The Consortium respectively, followed by the University of North Carolina in 1973, the University of Michigan in 1987, New York University in 1984, the University of Texas-Austin in 1985, the University of Virginia in 1992, the University of California-Berkeley in 1993*, Dartmouth in 1999 and Carnegie Mellon University and Emory University in 2001. Since...

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