Written by: Marc Ethier Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Applications to full-time MBA programs are down across the board and that has some schools scrambling to respond. One way they’re addressing the crisis: designating parts or all of their MBAs as STEM — science, technology, engineering, and math — which helps schools in appealing to newly … [Read more...]
LSU Online Launches New Shorter Online Focused MBA Program and New Programs
Written by: LSU Media Center Published by: LSU Media Center MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: LSU Online announces a new shorter online Master of Business Administration program called “Focused MBA.” This program offers the same rigor and standards as the former MBA program; however, its new condensed format now only requires 36 hours needed for completion. Click Here to … [Read more...]
5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Impacting MBA Students
Written by: Seb Murray Published by: BusinessBecause MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Business is being affected left, right, and center. 54% of executives say artificial intelligence tools have boosted their company’s productivity. Add to that the projected 40% increase in labor productivity from AI use, and the 61% of business professionals who say machine learning and … [Read more...]
UC-Berkeley Haas’ MBA Programs Are All STEM-Designated Now
Written by: Marc Ether Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The STEM wave continues. The latest school to join the movement to craft or recognize MBA curricula as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math programs — thereby allowing international students to work in the United States for up to 36 months post-MBA — is a big one: UC-Berkeley’s Haas … [Read more...]
Business school officials considering changes to undergraduate, MBA curriculum
Written by: Ciara Regan and Sydney Teabout Published by: The GW Hatchet MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: GW School of Business officials are considering changes to the undergraduate and a master’s degree curricula after receiving feedback from the school’s community. Business school Dean Anuj Mehrotra said officials in the school have received input from students and … [Read more...]
‘Making Global MBAs’
Written by: Scott Jaschik Published by: Inside Higher Ed MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Andrew Orta, a professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, selected an unusual topic for his new book -- the “global M.B.A.” In Making Global MBAs: The Culture of Business and the Business of Culture (University of California Press), he discusses how … [Read more...]