Written by: Marc Ethier Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The headline blared: “MBA Applications At Some Of The Country’s Best Colleges Fell This Year.” The story began: “Some of the best-known MBA programs in the U.S. registered precipitous drops or sluggish interest from prospective candidates this year, following a 2020 admissions cycle in … [Read more...] about The Wall Street Journal Is Missing The Big Picture On MBA Applications
M.B.A. Applications at Some of the Country’s Best Colleges Fell This Year
Written by: Patrick Thomas Published by: The Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Some of the best known M.B.A. programs in the U.S. registered precipitous drops or sluggish interest from prospective candidates this year, following a 2020 admissions cycle in which applications soared. Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management reported a 20% drop in … [Read more...] about M.B.A. Applications at Some of the Country’s Best Colleges Fell This Year
The 30% Female Author Experiment
Written by: Colleen Flaherty Published by: Inside Higher Ed MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: New study finds that increasing gender representation in graduate course syllabi affects male and female students’ perceived likelihood of succeeding in the course in surprising ways. The study has implications for academic role models and student success, too. Click Here to Read More … [Read more...] about The 30% Female Author Experiment
Expert View: Turns out, brands really do matter in higher education
Written by: Hilary Burns Published by: The Business Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Sina Esteky, a marketing professor at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and his colleagues have found a placebo effect on academic coursework associated with strong brands. Esteky's research found that course materials could be identical, but if one … [Read more...] about Expert View: Turns out, brands really do matter in higher education
UC Davis Graduate School of Management to Offer Interest-Free Deferred Tuition for Online MBA Students
Written by: Karen Nikos-Rose and Timothy Akin Published by: BusinessWire MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management today announced a pilot program to offer its online MBA students the option to apply for interest-free deferred tuition payments, increasing access and affordability to the nationally ranked business school. … [Read more...] about UC Davis Graduate School of Management to Offer Interest-Free Deferred Tuition for Online MBA Students
Getting Minority Graduate Students May Not Be Easy
Written by: Scott Jaschik Published by: Inside Higher Ed MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Survey of potential students finds those in minority groups were more affected by the pandemic and are quite price-sensitive when making decisions. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...] about Getting Minority Graduate Students May Not Be Easy