Content written by Kosheek Sewchurran and published by Financial Mail on 12 Oct 18. MBA News Digest Comment: Meeting referenced in the article is this year's Academy of Management (AoM) annual conference in Chicago. . Extracted Content: Ideas highlighted at a recent US conference bode well for the relevance and impact of business education in the fourth industrial revolution. Click Here … [Read more...]
#006: Developments Affecting Online MBA Programs – Concurrent Session – OL MBA Conference 10032018
Welcome to the MBA News Digest podcast and webinar series, Episode #006. My purpose with this presentation was to discuss ten topics that will likely affect how Graduate Program Professionals will manage their programs going forward. The topics included: #1: Exponential Change #2: Digital Strategy #3: Outsourcing #4: Online Status #5: Online Law Schools #6: Data Integrity & … [Read more...]
The future of the MBA in Africa
Content written by Lyal White and published by Financial Mail on 2 Oct 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Many insist the MBA is still ensconced in the US template; that it has failed to adapt to changing global dynamics of power, economics and demographics. With the shift in the economic axis from West to East, and growing commercial interests moving from North to South, … [Read more...]
Florida Tech Launching Accelerated Business Programs, Bachelor and MBA in Four Years
Content written by Adam Lowenstein and published by Space Coast Daily on 5 Oct 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Florida Tech’s Bisk College of Business is launching Accelerated Business Programs that will allow participants to finish degrees faster and get into their careers sooner – all while saving up to $55,000 in tuition and overall costs when compared with a … [Read more...]
The shifting paradigm of higher education
Content written by Patrick Blessinger, Shai Reshef and Enakshi Sengupta and published by University World News on 5 Oct 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: These changes are challenging higher education leaders, faculty and researchers to fundamentally rethink the nature and purpose of higher education and thus, how it should be provided. As a result, some educators now … [Read more...]
Business schools are at the forefront of experimenting in new ways of teaching
Content written by Robert Bolton and published by Financial Review. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Melbourne Business School is assessing different course structures for their utility. Business schools and universities are working harder to attract students in the face of declining government income. A relatively small school such as MBS can respond quickly (It has 1100 … [Read more...]