Written by: Patricia Young Published by: The Conversation MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: At a large private university in Northern California, a business professor uses an avatar to lecture on a virtual stage. Meanwhile, at a Southern university, graduate students in an artificial intelligence course discover that one of their nine teaching assistants is a virtual avatar, … [Read more...] about Future of college will involve fewer professors
Students at Ireland’s Top University Are Paying for Recycled Video Lectures
Written by: Izzy Copestake Published by: VICE MBA News Digest Comment: How should GME programs handle this issue? Extracted Content: Higher education is a huge investment, underwritten by one key assurance. Whether you spend your university years smashing Firsts or stomaching vodka dashes in your 9Am lecture, all students are united by one shared guarantee: that your higher education fees pay … [Read more...] about Students at Ireland’s Top University Are Paying for Recycled Video Lectures
New Program for Saudi Arabia healthcare professionals Targets Healthcare Management in Qatar
Written by: MENAFN Published by: MENAFN MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: UAE: A new Executive Education program co-designed by top-ranked business school, HEC Paris in Qatar and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar – both members of Qatar Foundation – will target healthcare professionals with the aim of driving systems-level management expertise and accelerating patient outcomes in the … [Read more...] about New Program for Saudi Arabia healthcare professionals Targets Healthcare Management in Qatar
Executive MBAs must adapt to an altered world
Written by: Andrew Jack Published by: Financial Times MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: If MBAs are a launchpad to acquire important early-career skills in business and management, executive MBAs are a refuelling station to reflect, retool, refine and recalibrate professional paths. Rarely have these processes been needed more. The pandemic has forced many executives to … [Read more...] about Executive MBAs must adapt to an altered world
How the executive MBA travel bug was bitten by Covid
Written by: Jonathan Moules Published by: Financial Times MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Coronavirus has disrupted much of the traditional executive MBA experience. Group discussions morphed into Zoom calls. Networking events were reduced to WhatsApp chats. But the biggest loss for many students was missing overseas travel to visit companies, meet renowned chief executives … [Read more...] about How the executive MBA travel bug was bitten by Covid
Redesigning the MBA for a rapidly shifting business world
Written by: AGSM Published by: UNSW Sydney Business School MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: As organisations grapple with continued complex change and disruption, industry is demanding more than ever that its leaders are equipped to face these challenges with confidence. Leaders today are expected to be adaptable and resilient with a growth mindset that equips them to see the … [Read more...] about Redesigning the MBA for a rapidly shifting business world