<p>"Won't that eventually indicate an expanded program?"</p>
<p>There is a huge difference in wanting to compete with other programs and wanting to establish a business program within the university. It should also be noted that while several trustees may want a business program, there are many who do not. If support for a business major were as strong as you'd like to believe, the program would have been established. This, however, is not the case.</p>
<p>The school is trying to get students who would otherwise go to business schools, period. If you look at the requirements for entering the program it is evident that there is an intention to get only the best and brightest in the math/econ/industrial engineering pool of undergraduates. Most people would still be math/econ/engineering majors before they are even allowed to enter the program to get a certificate. The very fact that the program is only open to 50 juniors and seniors tells me that there is some caution on the part of the administration, especially when there are hundreds of econ majors alone.</p>
<p>And, no offense to alma mater, but, I find it hard to believe that that many students would chose this certificate program over Wharton.</p>