Presidio School of Management a community/network of practitioners focused on bringing sustainability principles into business.

Mission and History

The mission of Presidio School of Management, an affiliate of Alliant International University, is to equip ethical, entrepreneurial leaders with the knowledge and practical skills to achieve the goal of sustainable development through individuals, organizations, businesses and communities.

We aim to carry out this mission through the MBA program in Sustainable Management and, in the long term, through other degree programs, research, consulting, executive seminars, conferences, forums and the preparation and placement of sustainability change agents in businesses, non-profits and communities throughout the U.S. and abroad.

In carrying out its mission, Presidio World College continues a 30-year-old tradition of innovative, sustainability-focused, experiential education, which began in 1973 with the founding of World College West by Dr. Richard Gray. World College West was an undergraduate liberal arts college that integrated world-study with a work-study liberal arts program. Developing its own environmentally designed campus on 200 acres in northern Marin County, the College also ha d program sites in Mexico, Nepal, China and Russia. The College operated until 1992, four years after the founder's retirement in 1988.

In 1996, soon after the Presidio of San Francisco was converted to an urban national park, Presidio World College established its presence on this beautiful 1,480-acre natural setting in one of the nation's most attractive cities.

For several years, the College offered non-degree courses and seminars in a program known as Later-Life Design, focusing on areas that contribute to successful, integrated living in the second half of life. In 1999, the College co-signed a one-year contract with Vermont's Goddard College, which enabled Presidio to pilot-test, during the 2000-2001 Academic year, the BA-completion program it had developed known as SEED (Sustainable, Ethical Enterprise Design). It soon became clear, however, that the major interest of students was in an MBA program rather than a BA program.

Therefore, in 2002, the College became an affiliate of Alliant International University, and in August 2003 began to offer the current MBA program in Sustainable Management.

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Currently, there are about 250 students and graduates, 15 faculty members and dozens of guest speakers.

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