Content written and published by BusinessTech. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has introduced a new online system that will enable its graduates to access their qualifications digitally. The online system has been introduced because of a need to increase security features related to the certification processes in order to prevent … [Read more...]
The Harvard MBA Is Bad for You
Content written by John Warner and published by Inside Higher Ed. MBA News Digest Comment: The comments to this article are very enlightening. Extracted Content: Recently, I wrote about the empty rhetoric of educating students for “the demands of the 21stcentury,” but perhaps there is one thing we can put under this banner that will be useful, a curriculum that helps these folks understand … [Read more...]
‘I’m Still Under Construction’; Six Tales of Lifelong Learning
Content written by Lauren Weber and published by The Wall Street Journal. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Lifelong learning has become a mantra in American corporations as employees face pressure to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving workplace. Employers, politicians and educators are hammering the message that people need to continuously upgrade their skills because … [Read more...]
Tuck Virtual Program Series Fosters Lifelong Learning
Content written and published by Tuck Communications, Dartmouth. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Through interesting and practical virtual sessions, the Virtual Program Series offers rich learning opportunities to alumni wherever they are. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Harvard MBAs: ‘Professionally Miserable’?
Content written by John Byrne and published by Poets & Quants. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: After earning his MBA from Harvard Business School in 2003, Charles Duhigg took an entirely different path than most of his classmates. Instead of landing one of the more lucrative and sought-after jobs at Goldman Sachs or McKinsey & Co., he joined the Los Angeles Times … [Read more...]
Pay Gap Persists Among M.B.A. Graduates
Content written by Kelsey Gee and published by The Wall Street Journal. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: For people of color, getting a master of business administration degree brings big career benefits, but the degree still doesn’t ensure equal pay with white classmates, according to a new study. Going into M.B.A. programs, white students surveyed earned an average … [Read more...]