Written by: Patrick Thomas Published by: Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: One of the most important pipelines of African-American professional talent into corporate America has been virtually stagnant for a decade. Black students comprise less than 10% of business school enrollment on average nationally, and admissions experts say universities haven’t done … [Read more...]
Why Kellogg Is Waiving GMATs & GREs & Revisiting Rejected MBA Applicants
Written by: John Byrne Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University raised many eyebrows all over the world with its decision to waive the GMAT and the GRE for applicants to its MBA program until June 1. Just as surprising, of course, is Kellogg’s public announcement that it will allow candidates … [Read more...]
More Women Pursue M.B.A. as Elite Schools Step Up Recruiting
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...]