Written by: Christopher Ingraham Published by: Washington Post MBA News Digest Comment: Perhaps this article helps explain the choices millennials are making re GME. Extracted Content: Few things capture the precariousness of life for today’s young adults like a visualization of their wealth. Economist Gray Kimbrough did just that, using Federal Reserve data to compare how generations … [Read more...]
$3M Gift Powers New Scholarships for Military Students at UVA Darden
Written by: Kristen Keesee Published by: Newswise MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The $3 million gift from Thomas R. Watjen (MBA ’81) and Nanette Watjen, matched with an additional $1.5 million from the UVA Bicentennial Scholarship Fund, will create the $4.5 million Edward A. Watjen Bicentennial Scholarship Fund. This new fund will be incorporated with an existing military … [Read more...]
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation Supports Veterans Through a $100,000 Endowment at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management
Written by: Nathaniel Luce Published by: Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: To continue its long-running support of veterans, the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation pledged a $100,000 endowment to Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management to help the brave men and women who have served our … [Read more...]
Virginia Announces Gift for First-Generation Students
Written by: Elin Johnson Published by: Inside Higher Ed MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The University of Virginia will receive a $100 million gift to benefit first-generation college students. Graduate fellowships for first-generation students pursuing a full-time M.B.A. will be established through the Jefferson Scholars Foundation in partnership with the Darden School … [Read more...]
Contest to award full tuition scholarship for online MBA program
Written by: Culver-Stockton College Published by: Culver-Stockton College MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College will award a full tuition scholarship to a student who has applied and been accepted into its Master of Business Administration online program for the 2019-20 academic year. To apply for the MBA program’s full tuition … [Read more...]
At Harvard, MBA Scholarships Hit Yet Another Record
Content written by John Byrne and published by Poets&Quants. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In the ongoing scholarship wars among elite business schools, Harvard Business School upped the ante yet again last year, discounting tuition by a record $37 million in fellowship aid for its MBA students in fiscal 2018. While the year-over-year increase was modest–up only $1 … [Read more...]