Written by: Emma Whitford Published by: Inside Higher Ed MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: This spring many colleges announced tuition deals for students in response to the pandemic, and they’re seeing it pay off with growing application numbers. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
How to Sound Your Best on Calls From Home
Written by: Nicole Nguyen Published by: Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Improve your voice and video chats by upgrading your microphone, switching your internet connection and padding your environment. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Business Dean Sean Reid Named Provost at Providence College
Written by: La Jerne Terry Cornish Published by: IC News MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Providence College has announced that Sean Reid, who has superbly led our School of Business as dean since 2015, has been named as their new provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. He will be joining Providence on July 1. This is an outstanding advancement opportunity for … [Read more...]
International students wonder if U.S. business school worth it in coronavirus era
Written by: Humeyra Pamuk and Jan Wolfe Published by: Reuters MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: This summer, dozens of incoming students at New York’s Columbia Business School had planned to sail around the coast of Croatia for a week to get to know each other. Instead, they are chatting online and playing icebreaker games on Zoom. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed
Written by: Cal Newport Published by: The New Yorker MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: As spring gives way to summer, and we enter the uncertain second phase of the coronavirus pandemic, it’s unclear when, or whether, knowledge workers will return to their offices. Citigroup recently told its employees to expect a slow transition out of lockdown, with many employees staying out … [Read more...]
Will the Business School Model Survive the Pandemic?
Written by: Jonathan Moules Published by: OZY MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Demand for the full-time two-year MBA degree in the core U.S. market has in any case fallen every year for the past five years. Competition has increased with alternative training providers such as Hyper Island and Jolt offering MBA modules via short courses taught at city center venues. The recent … [Read more...]