Honorable Mention: Students Becoming Teachers
Winner: Price Paramore, Medical Group Practice Manager, Hospital Administrator, U.S. Air Force
Idea: Aristotle once said that "teaching is the highest form of understanding," and that is the premise behind the Augeo Project, a proposal that takes its name from the Latin verb meaning "to expand or grow." Paramore says the project would create business certificate programs at regional and local schools that are taught by senior MBA students. The students, who are proctored, learn at a higher level while local entrepreneurs gain specific, valuable knowledge to propel their businesses forward—for a fraction of the cost of a full-time MBA. This program could be applied on a global scale, reaching underdeveloped countries and communities where full-time business degrees are prohibitively expensive for local populations.
Paramore: "I firmly believe the Augeo Project will change the face of management education. Students will have a better medium of learning, local entrepreneurs will have accessible management education built directly for their local needs, and business schools will have new means to provide these services. It will dramatically impact business education on a global scale by making education more obtainable for individuals in countries and communities who are yearning to break through the barrier of inaptitude."
Idea: Aristotle once said that "teaching is the highest form of understanding," and that is the premise behind the Augeo Project, a proposal that takes its name from the Latin verb meaning "to expand or grow." Paramore says the project would create business certificate programs at regional and local schools that are taught by senior MBA students. The students, who are proctored, learn at a higher level while local entrepreneurs gain specific, valuable knowledge to propel their businesses forward—for a fraction of the cost of a full-time MBA. This program could be applied on a global scale, reaching underdeveloped countries and communities where full-time business degrees are prohibitively expensive for local populations.
Paramore: "I firmly believe the Augeo Project will change the face of management education. Students will have a better medium of learning, local entrepreneurs will have accessible management education built directly for their local needs, and business schools will have new means to provide these services. It will dramatically impact business education on a global scale by making education more obtainable for individuals in countries and communities who are yearning to break through the barrier of inaptitude."
