American Graduate School of International Management
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| Type | Public (from 2015)-- a "unit" of Arizona State University |
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| Established | 1946 |
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Allen J. Morrison |
| Location | Glendale, Arizona, United States |
| Campus | 160 acres |
| Website | www |
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| Worldwide MBA | |
| Business Insider | 41 |
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| U.S. News & World Report | 88 |
Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (or simply Thunderbird) is a management school located in the United States and a part of Arizona State University. The school offers bachelor's and master's degrees and executive education programs in global management. The main campus is located in Glendale, Arizona, at Thunderbird Field No. 1, a former military airfield from which it derives its name.
Thunderbird was founded independently in 1946 by Lieutenant General Barton Kyle Yount, and was acquired by Arizona State University in 2015. The school is known for its international network of alumni, of which there are currently some 40,000.
Thunderbird School of Global Management was founded in 1946 as The American Institute for Foreign Trade. The school was founded by Lieutenant General Barton Kyle Yount in Glendale, Arizona on the former World War II military airfield, Thunderbird Field No. 1, which was purchased by Yount from the War Assets Administration for one dollar, subject to the condition that the property be used for educational purposes for a minimum of 10 years. Yount became the school's first president when the school was chartered on April 8, 1946. Classes officially began on October 1, 1946 with 98% of enrolled students attending on the G.I. Bill. The first degrees were awarded on June 14, 1947.
The institute focused on international management and was the first graduate school to train students in global business to work for the U.S. government or overseas for American businesses. Early in its history, Thunderbird implemented a language program focused on Spanish and Portuguese, using the same instructional methods the Army had used during World War II. The school also created an international studies program early on, focused initially on Latin America, but later expanding to include other parts of the world, such as Asia.
In the school's early years, Thunderbird awarded two degrees, a Bachelor of Foreign Trade and a Master of Foreign Trade, although after 1975 the school no longer offered the undergraduate degree. The American Institute for Foreign Trade later changed its name to theThunderbird Graduate School of International Management before again changing its name to the American Graduate School of International Management in the 1970s.
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