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At Kelley Direct, we're
really proud of the legacy

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of excellence that we have here.

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We started in-house
25 years ago,

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when we were the first
top-ranked business school

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to offer an online MBA program.

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Our approach is unique.

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We're very different than
other online MBA programs.

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Because we're not partnering
with an outside vendor,

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all of those tuition dollars
are reinvested right back

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into the program.

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So Kelley Direct
students benefit

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because they get a high quality,
top-ranked program at a lower

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price point.

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It's fundamental to me that
my tuition dollars go back

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into my own education.

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It's really a process
of content, plus cohort,

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plus the expertise
of faculty and staff,

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and the alumni network
all coming together

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in a value proposition
that is unique.

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We have 130 plus faculty, and
all of those faculty members

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are Kelley School of
Business faculty members.

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So we don't utilize adjuncts.

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In Kelley Direct's online
environment, what I have found

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is a lot of great
technology merged

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with a sense of
personal connection.

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The Kelley faculty
are leaders, and they

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are really open to working
together as a cohesive teaching

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team.

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There's great presence
from the professor

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but also from colleagues.

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You just get that sense that
we're in a real classroom

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together.

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All of the people that
come to this program

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are really top-caliber people.

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I'm surprised by how familiar
you can get with people

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through a virtual format.

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I would recommend the Kelley
Direct Online MBA program

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to other professionals.

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As I continue in
the program, I am

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feeling more and more
confident about myself

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as a business professional.

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Kelley Direct offers 10 to 14
global and domestic immersions

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per year.

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That's really unique in
the online MBA marketplace.

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These high-energy experiences
are hugely impactful, obviously

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for students but also
for us as faculty.

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We get to really build
that relationship

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that we will have for
the next 20 or 30 years.

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Kelley does an excellent
job of bringing us

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together so that we can
form those relationships

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and have those experiences
between the Kelley On Campus

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and the Kelley On Location.

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I think it makes
all the difference

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for actually building a real
connection that you can then

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carry with you into
the virtual world

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as you continue through
your coursework.

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You'll be part of a network of
130,000 alumni of the Kelley

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School of Business.

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That's the largest business
school alumni network

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in the world.

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You'll have
opportunities to network,

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engage in professional
development opportunities.

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We offer graduate career
services and one-on-one career

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coaching for life.

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To know that we have
GCS, and our professors,

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and our Kelley cohort,
and Kelley community

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available to us ensures
professional success

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in the future, not just now.

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We're really proud of
our legacy of excellence

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here at Kelley Direct.

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We started in 1999
pushing the boundaries

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of what an MBA looked like.

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And 25 years later, we're
still looking at how do we

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push those boundaries.

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Kelley Direct certainly
isn't finished innovating,

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and we're continuing to look for
ways that our faculty can find

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new ways of teaching, our
staff can do new things

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to support students
and how can we

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keep redesigning our curriculum
to meet the needs of businesses

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of tomorrow.

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