Orientation Is Getting Longer Francesca Levy FROM BusinessWeek

This year alone, many programs have lengthened their fall orientation to allow their career-services departments to play a greater role. Tepper, for example, doubled its program from last year's single week to two weeks this year—and that's up from three days in 1993. New York University's Stern School of Business added three days to its orientation, lengthening it to more than a week. At Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, what once was a one-week MBA orientation is now a three-week mandatory "pre-term" including required coursework.