Babson College reviews

The Blank School, is undergoing a significant transition. There is uncertainty across the 6 Centers and Institutes (aka C&I), and candidates may wish to carefully consider roles there before applying. Much of the uncertainty within the Blank School reflects inconsistent direction within our Executive senior leadership. The Blank School operates somewhat apart from the main college, and we have no cohesive, strategic plan. Turnover has been high, and there was a major layoff, even as plans for two new centers are moving forward. In the last 6 months, the entire Institute for Social Innovation was closed; the Executive Director of the Bertarelli Institute resigned; and the Executive Director of the Metropoulos Institute only served for 4 months. The Blank School has moved to a shared services model and adopted a scrum-style project framework. This has added process to our work, but not always clarity. Career mobility is limited, and many staff have been asked to take on revenue-generating work outside our original job scope. You can imagine how this all affects morale.

At times, there is decision paralysis, but the department has a strong collaborative environment that always gets sorted out and produces a great outcome at the end of the day.