Content written by Richard Vedder and published by Forbes. MBA News Digest Comment: A thought provoking article. Extracted Content: A thoughtful young professorial colleague of mine bitterly denounced business schools in a conversation with me last week, suggesting that they promote a vocational orientation to college that is excessive and unhealthy. Colleges, when they evolved in colonial … [Read more...]
More Universities Shut Down Traditional M.B.A. Programs as Popularity Wanes
Content written by Kelsey Gee and published by The Wall Street Journal. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Applications to full-time M.B.A. programs have been falling in the strong job market, leading business schools to shift resources online. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Online Is (Increasingly) Local
Content written by Doug Lederman and published by Inside Higher Ed. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The proportion of students studying fully online who are enrolled within 50 miles of their homes has risen from under half to fully two-thirds, a new study finds. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Beware the Oncoming Commodification of the Business Degree
Content written by Bruce Rudy and published by BizEd, AACSB International. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: As business schools around the world move to manage their increasing costs through economy-of-scale opportunities like online program managers, they risk long-term commodification of the school’s courses, and potentially its degree programs. Click Here to Read More … [Read more...]
China Is Warning Its Students About Going to College in America. Here’s Why That Matters.
Content written by Lindsay Ellis and published by The Chronicle of Higer Education. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In the heat of an escalating trade war, China signaled on Monday that it may start to steer its people away from a key American export: higher education. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
What Next For Executive Education?
Content written by Seb Murray and published by BusinessBecause. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: While applications have been falling for MBA degrees in the US, the biggest MBA market, figures from the UK’s Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) show that nearly nine-in-10 business schools are forecasting their executive education business to grow over the next … [Read more...]