Written by: Kathryn Dill Published by: The Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: As applications to American business schools decline, the percentage of women enrolled in full-time M.B.A. programs continues to rise, climbing this fall to an average of 39% at more than 50 of the top programs in the U.S., Canada and Europe, new data show. Click Here to Read … [Read more...]
Record number of women candidates sign up for MBA courses
Written by: Jonathan Moules Published by: Financial Times MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: A record number of women have enrolled at elite business schools to study for an MBA, a silver lining for institutions as demand for the qualification in the US dropped for the fifth successive year. Forty per cent of available places at 54 of the most highly regarded business … [Read more...]
This B-School Boasts 60% Women Across Its Master’s Programs
Written by: Marc Ethier Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Lisa Ordoñez is the new face of business education at UC-San Diego’s Rady School of Management. Her arrival is auspiciously timed. As the second-ever dean of the Rady School settles into her first semester, she does so amid a big helping of good news. Of 335 students enrolled at Rady … [Read more...]
2019 Executive MBA Council Survey Results Show More People are Applying for Executive MBA Programs
Written by: Executive MBA Council Published by: CISION PR Newswire MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The Executive MBA Council (EMBAC) announced today the results of its 2019 EMBAC Membership Program Survey, which revealed more people are applying for Executive MBA (EMBA) programs than ever before with a 31.6% increase in applications received since 2015. Additionally, the … [Read more...]
Historic Rise of College-Educated Women in Labor Force Changes Workplace
Written by: Likhitha Butchireddygari Published by: The Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: This year is shaping up to be the first year that women make up the majority of the college-educated labor force, a milestone that is already altering benefits packages offered by companies and one that could influence family sizes in the future. Click Here to Read … [Read more...]
MBA Student Project Drives Gender Equity Debate
Written by: Ben Ready Published by: mbanews (Australia) MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In MBA classrooms and chat boards across the country, students grapple every day to identify solutions to the real-world challenges faced not just by business, but society as a whole. And there is almost no greater challenge in modern business than finding a path to gender equality, … [Read more...]