Content written by Amber Burton and published by The Wall Street Journal on 5 Dec 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: As business schools struggle to lure young professionals out of a hot U.S. job market, more are promoting online M.B.A.s with a twist: They are promising the convenience of a virtual degree, but with the social-networking benefits of a traditional … [Read more...]
MBA students get a mentoring program of their own
Content written by Susan Todd and published by Rutgers Business School on 3 Dec 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: More than five years after the start of Team Up, a mentoring program that connects undergraduate students with working professionals, Rutgers Business School creates a version for MBA students. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
MBA Students Craft Podcast to Make Top Professors’ Stories and Advice Accessible
Content written by Emma Rosenbaum and published by The Cornell Daily Sun on 4 Dec 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In fall 2017, Michael Brady MBA ’19 and Harrison Jobe MBA ’19 had the idea to start a podcast called Present Value. Now nine episodes in, the entirely student-run podcast goes in-depth into the careers of highly esteemed professors here at Cornell and has … [Read more...]
A Very Mixed Record on Grad Student Mental Health
Content written by Colleen Flaherty and published by Inside Higher Ed on 6 Dec 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: New studies find variation by departments, with many findings of significant rates of depression and anxiety. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Looking to Double Your Salary? Try an M.B.A.
Content written by Kelsey Gee and published by The Wall Street Journal on 7 Dec 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Fully 75% of those who earn an M.B.A. switch careers, a new survey shows, and they can double their salary by doing so. But the survey of thousands of graduates from dozens of U.S. business schools also reveals that the pay gap between men and women … [Read more...]
How Professors View Students: the Most Satisfying and Challenging Part of the Job
Content written by Audrey Williams June and published by The Chronicle of Higher Education on 3 Oct 18. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Faculty members juggle teaching, grading assignments, and conducting research. They write grants, run labs, and serve on the committees that keep their academic departments and institutions going. One aspect of their jobs that stands … [Read more...]