Written by: Jim Jorstad Published by: Government Technology MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The pandemic has fundamentally changed our current way of life. From vaccines to masking in public, to looking for new opportunities, to telework – all of these issues are colliding to reshape how we live, work and play. Nowhere are these challenges more dramatic than in the world of … [Read more...] about The Great Exodus: Is IT Talent Leaving Higher Ed?
Global Trends, Dynamics, and Imperatives for Strategic Development in Business Education in an Age of Disruption
Written by: Anatoly Zhuplev and Robert Koepp Published by:IGI Global MBA News Digest Comment: Publication release date is October, 2021. Extracted Content: Over the past two centuries, the world’s socio-economic progression has gone through profound paradigm changes unfolding along four major development stages. Higher education has been an important part of this process. The accelerated pace … [Read more...] about Global Trends, Dynamics, and Imperatives for Strategic Development in Business Education in an Age of Disruption
UC Davis Graduate School of Management to Offer Interest-Free Deferred Tuition for Online MBA Students
Written by: Karen Nikos-Rose and Timothy Akin Published by: BusinessWire MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management today announced a pilot program to offer its online MBA students the option to apply for interest-free deferred tuition payments, increasing access and affordability to the nationally ranked business school. … [Read more...] about UC Davis Graduate School of Management to Offer Interest-Free Deferred Tuition for Online MBA Students
The Unbundling of Business Education
Written by: Wilfried R. Vanhonacker Published by: AACSB Insights MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: As Jim Barksdale, the co-founder of Netscape, once put it during a call to the company’s investors: “There are only two ways to make money: bundling and unbundling.” In education, just as in business, the reality is that some people add and others subtract. As business schools, we … [Read more...] about The Unbundling of Business Education
Colleges Still Obsess Over National Rankings. For Proof, Look at Their Strategic Plans.
Written by: Francie Diep Published by: The Chronicle of Higher Education MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Florida International University appears as a top-50 university on three lists. By 2025, it wants be on 10. On the University of Houston’s strategic-plan website, it lists a prominent “milestone”: that Houston “will rank among the top 75 and then among the top 50 public … [Read more...] about Colleges Still Obsess Over National Rankings. For Proof, Look at Their Strategic Plans.
University of Phoenix and Emsi Collaborate to Map Skills Taught in the Classroom to Those Desired by Today’s Workplace and Built into Degree Curriculum
Written by: University of Phoenix Published by: BusinessWire MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: University of Phoenix is participating in the SHRM Conference, West Hall, Booth #12063, and highlighting a strategic collaboration with Emsi, a leader in labor market analysis, that changes the way we think about higher education and its connections to careers. Focused on instilling … [Read more...] about University of Phoenix and Emsi Collaborate to Map Skills Taught in the Classroom to Those Desired by Today’s Workplace and Built into Degree Curriculum