MBA students at the Michigan State Broad College of Business

Michigan State Settles Wrongful Termination Suit By Former Business School Dean

East Lansing: “Michigan State University and a former business school dean who said he was fired as part of a scheme to keep him from becoming president of the university have reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit.

Former Broad College of Business Dean Sanjay Gupta asked U.S. District Court Judge Paul Maloney on Tuesday to dismiss his lawsuit against several university officials.

Maloney granted the request with prejudice, and with “each party bearing their own costs and attorney fees except as provided in the parties’ settlement agreement,” according to court records.

In February 2023, Gupta sued the university and several officials, claiming he was fired and falsely accused of mandatory reporting violations related to MSU’s relationship violence and sexual misconduct policies as part of a scheme to keep him from becoming MSU’s next president and “enhance” former interim President Teresa Woodruff’s personal ambitions to lead the university.”

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Indiana University Kelley School of Business

Indiana Kelley Sued For $2 Billion Dollars

Bloomington, IN: “Indiana University is now a defendant in a civil suit seeking $2 billion in compensatory and punitive damages over confidential plans for a Puerto Rico golf resort that were allegedly stolen.

Two Indiana residents, Tim and Doris Anne Sadler, filed the suit in December against a Kelley School of Business professor, five former master’s students and real estate developer Discovery Land.

The complaint alleges the Sadlers allowed IU to use their confidential business plan for the resort, developed by their company World Trade Center San Juan, for a class in fall 2021. The class created groups which analyzed and provided feedback on the project.

The class determined the revenue for the plaintiffs’ business plan could be between $1-2 billion, according to a press release.”

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Students walk through Rowling Hall at the McCombs School of Business. Courtesy photo

Texas McCombs Receives $20 Million Dollar Gift for MBA Program

Austin, TX: “A monumental $20 million gift from Houston civic leader and philanthropist Mindy Hildebrand, BBA ’86, will significantly advance scholarship opportunities and leadership programming for students at The University of Texas at Austin’s top-ranked MBA program.

The gift names the Hildebrand MBA Program at the McCombs School of Business, which encompasses the school’s five internationally renowned graduate business formats: Full-Time MBA, Evening MBA, Executive MBA, MBA at Dallas/Fort Worth, and MBA at Houston.

“Texas McCombs is world class today because of generations of extraordinary students, faculty, and alumni,” said Hildebrand, president of the Hildebrand Foundation and a longtime UT supporter. “We are honored to build on that solid foundation by boosting the MBA program — making it even more competitive in attracting exceptional students and equipping students with leadership skills that drive individual success and global impact.”

The gift creates the new Hildebrand MBA Excellence Fund, which will support a matching campaign to raise scholarship funds for incoming full-time MBA students, while also enhancing leadership development opportunities across all five Texas McCombs MBA programs.”

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