Written by: Marc Ethier Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: Note this headline only applies to full-time MBA programs. Extracted Content: Business schools are hoping the old adage that it’s darkest before the dawn holds true in the case of applications to full-time MBA programs — because right now, it’s pitch black out there. According to Poets&Quants’ study of … [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...]
Michigan Ross Enrolls Debut Online MBA Cohort Of 72 Students
Written by: John Byrne Published by: Poets & Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: For the first cohort in its new online MBA program, the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has enrolled a class of 72 students. That’s a solid showing for what is now the highest-ranked business school to get into the online MBA game. It is a dozen more MBA candidates … [Read more...]
It’s Official: The M.B.A. Degree Is In Crisis
Written by: John Byrne Published by: Forbes MBA News Digest Comment: I had to read to paragraph four to find out this article is about full-time M.B.A. programs. Extracted Content: Graduating M.B.A. students this year have had no trouble landing very good jobs. In most cases, starting pay has hit record levels and placement rates for schools are at or near records as well. Yet, for the … [Read more...]
The China Student Boom and the Risks It Poses to Australian Universities
Written by: Salvatore Babones Published by: The Centre for Independent Studies MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Australia’s universities are taking a multi-million dollar gamble with taxpayer money to pursue a high-risk, high-reward international growth strategy. Their revenues are booming as they enrol record numbers of international students, particularly from China. As … [Read more...]
NYU Stern To Accept EA For Full-Time MBA
Written by: John Byrne Published by: Poets & Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: New York University’s Stern School of Business today (Aug. 19) said candidates to its full-time MBA programs can now apply by taking a shorter and easier test called the Executive Assessment. That test, originally designed for applicants to Executive MBA programs, is shorter with fewer … [Read more...]