Written by: Jodi Sanger & Leah Mason Published by: INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, IIE MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Both U.S. graduate school enrollments and the demand for global competency in the workforce are on the rise, but what do we know about graduate-level study abroad? The Graduate Learning Overseas (GLO) research study, implemented by IIE and … [Read more...]
Employers Try a New Perk: Matching Student Loan Payments With 401(k) Contributions
Written by: Anne Tergesen Published by: The Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Many workers with student loans postpone saving for retirement. Now, a handful of companies are trying to prevent them from falling behind on retirement savings by matching their student-loan repayments with contributions to a 401(k) plan. In recent months, companies … [Read more...]
MBA students make donation to Elizabeth Fry Society
Written by: The Whig-Standard Published by: The Whig-Standard MBA News Digest Comment: Philanthropic activities of students are rarely shared. Extracted Content: The Elizabeth Fry Society received a $14,478 financial boost on Friday morning after receiving a donation from master of business administration students at the Smith School of Business. Click Here to Read More Via Original … [Read more...]
Millennials Continue to Leave Big Cities
Written by: Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg Published by: The Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Large U.S. cities lost tens of thousands of millennial and younger Gen X residents last year, according to Census figures released Thursday that offer fresh signs of cooling urban growth. Cities with more than a half million people collectively lost almost … [Read more...]
Effect of Business Education among Regular and Distant MBA Students: A Comparative Study in Kerala
Written by: R. Silpa Raj and S. Jayashree Published by: Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In recent decades, the need for formal education to gain entrepreneurial competencies is being increasingly appreciated. This study compares the entrepreneurial competency among the off -campus and regular students of … [Read more...]
Micro-internships: Just a gig or a promising gateway?
Written by: Julia Freeland Fisher Published by: Clayton Christensen Institute MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: This month the micro-internship marketplace Parker Dewey launched a new initiative, Gigs for Good, aimed at helping college students from underrepresented populations tap into the platform’s internship opportunities. For many concerned about access to high quality … [Read more...]