Content written and published by Countywide. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Beginning fall 2019, OBU will offer an on-campus MBA program in Shawnee. Classes will be held in the evenings. This in-person experience allows students to complete courses in the same timeframe as online courses, with each class lasting eight weeks. With this new program, students are allowed … [Read more...]
MBA of the future: more courses online, less time on campus
Content written by Joyce Gannon and published by The Pittsburg Post-Gazette. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: For part-time MBA students who juggle a full-time job with school, making it to campus several times a week for classes, study groups and meetings with faculty can be a stressful challenge. It’s among the reasons Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of … [Read more...]
Launching an Accelerated Online MBA Program: Assuring Quality with Scale, Based on Principles of Effective Course Design
Content written by Abbas Foroughi, Jack Smothers, Dinko Bačić, and Mohammed Khayum and published by Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Abstract - This paper describes the challenges and advancements encountered by graduate faculty at a Midwestern public university as it transitioned to offering an accelerated MBA program with … [Read more...]
Furor Over Blended and Active Learning
Content written by Mark Lieberman and published by Inside Higher Ed. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Business students at the University of Central Florida agitate for alternatives to a model that heavily shifts their learning time to outside the classroom and reduces exposure to instructors. Administrators say their approach is educationally sound. Click Here to Read … [Read more...]
MBA programme for women to restart career after a break
Content written by Chandandeep Kour and published Drury University. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In order to provide a platform to women to re-launch their careers in the chosen fields post a career break, JobsForHer has recently tied up with SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) for an 11-month MBA programme for women. Click Here to Read More Via … [Read more...]
Babson College Heads to Dubai for Its First International Location
Content written by Lucia Malffei and published by BOSTINNO. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In addition to existing hubs in Wellesley, Boston, San Francisco and Miami, Babson College will open its first international location in Dubai “to offer graduate and executive education programs for working professionals across the region,” the school said on … [Read more...]