Content written and published by Laura Lynch via the University of Victoria Libraries (UVicSpace), on 9 June 2019. MBA News Digest Comment: This is Laura Lynch's MPA Thesis. Extracted Content: Abstract - This report examines how the University of Victoria (UVic) currently educates its Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) students on workplace … [Read more...]
Giving Students What They Want
Content written by Michael Bugeja and published by Inside Higher Ed. MBA News Digest Comment: This article is an opinion piece on teaching strategies for entitled students. Extracted Content: Why shouldn’t our students feel entitled? We've relieved them of responsibility in the classroom, writes Michael Bugeja, who suggests some more effective strategies. Click Here to Read More Via … [Read more...]
Six Figures in Debt for a Master’s Degree
Content written by Andrew Kreighbaum and published by Inside Higher Ed. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: New data from Education Department put spotlight on high borrowing for some graduate programs. But experts are skeptical more information on students alone will move the needle on enrollment decisions. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Favorite MBA Courses Of The Class Of 2019
Content written by Jeff Schmitt and published by Poets&Quants. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Every MBA has that favorite course. Some consider it to be their defining moment, an awakening that they refer back to throughout their careers. Such courses provoke, motivate, prepare, and ultimately shape the students who take them. That why Poets&Quants asked this … [Read more...]
Universities that are recruiting older students often leave them floundering
Content written by Jon Marcus and published by The Hechinger Report. MBA News Digest Comment: While this article focuses on older undergraduate students, the same issues confront older GME students. Extracted Content: Students 25 and older juggle jobs, kids and bills without support many say they need. Under gray skies, smiling 8- and 9-year-olds in shiny raincoats skip across the … [Read more...]
New Data in College Scorecard Promises to Lift Veil on ‘Debt Fueled’ Graduate-School Market
Content written by Katherine Mangan and published by The Chronicle of Higher Education. MBA News Digest Comment: This article provides insight into the "college scorecard" reporting requirement. Extracted Content: While much of the attention on the new program-level data in the College Scorecard, the federal government’s consumer-oriented online database, has focused on undergraduate … [Read more...]