Content written by Jennifer Lewington and published by The Globe and Mail. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In growing numbers, Canadian business schools are rolling out new specialty graduate degrees tailored to respond to financial, environmental and other global disruptions. The new programs – from data analytics and artificial intelligence to public safety and … [Read more...]
Where Wall Street Gets Its Finance MBAs
Content written by Marc Ethier and published by Poets & Quants. Extracted Content: Before the world of finance was upended in 2008, more than half of Columbia Business School’s graduating MBA class went into finance. Everything changed when Lehman Brothers, a major Columbia recruiter, went belly up in an economic upheaval that sparked the Great Recession — but some things changed more than … [Read more...]
Southeastern’s MBA adds seven new online areas of emphasis
The John Massey School of Business at Southeastern Oklahoma State University has expanded its range of fully online Master of Business Administration (MBA) offerings with the addition of a general MBA as well as six new areas of emphasis. In addition to the new online general MBA, the University now offers areas of emphasis in Marketing, Hospitality Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, … [Read more...]
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School to Offer Graduate Certificates Through Online MBA@UNC Program
The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School has announced four new graduate certificates offered through MBA@UNC, its top-ranked online MBA program. “These certificates are designed for professionals across all industries who aren’t seeking a degree program for their development, but recognize the potential for career advancement by increasing their in-depth knowledge in … [Read more...]
New Finance, Marketing Concentrations Added to MBA
Palm Beach Atlantic University will add two concentrations to its leading Master of Business Administration (MBA) program beginning this fall. The two new concentrations, in Finance and Marketing, are designed to prepare graduates for success in today’s global business environment. “We read routinely in professional journals about the demand for MBA graduates with concentrated studies in … [Read more...]
Georgetown Degree Program Moves from Online to Blended
A degree program at Georgetown University has evolved from being completely online to bringing together students virtually and in-person. Courses for the Master of Science in Finance at the McDonough School of Business originally took place in a small studio. Nobody was present other than a faculty member, a producer and a camera. Students tuned into the course from their various remote outposts, … [Read more...]