Written by: Jonathan Moules Published by: Financial Times MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: A record number of women have enrolled at elite business schools to study for an MBA, a silver lining for institutions as demand for the qualification in the US dropped for the fifth successive year. Forty per cent of available places at 54 of the most highly regarded business … [Read more...]
Forté Releases MBA Gender Inequality Update
Content written and published by Stacy Blackman Consulting. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Does an MBA degree eliminate gender inequality – such as the pay gap – when graduates return to the workplace? Unfortunately, no, says new research from Forté Foundation. However, both MBAs and their employers are taking steps to address gender inequality at work. In addition, … [Read more...]
Why Are Business Schools Still Struggling to Recruit Women?
Content written by Susanne Courtney and published by VICE Canada. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Researchers say there’s still a long way to go before MBA programs have caught up to what women want and need. Canada’s top business schools, despite decades of recruitment efforts, are still struggling to attract women to MBA programs. In a world where MBAs remain the … [Read more...]
Women MBAs On The Rise In The US As Enrolment Abroad Declines
Content written by Thomas Nugent and published by BusinessBecause. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Forté Foundation data shows that its member schools saw 38% of their enrolments in full-time MBA programs come from women; more than one-third boast over 40% female enrolment. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Top Business Schools Move Closer to Gender Parity: Forté Foundation Reveals Women’s MBA Enrollment Climbs to Over 37% On Average in the Fall of 2017
Content written and published by Forté Foundation MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Forté Foundation reports women’s enrollment in full-time MBA programs at its member schools – which represent the top business schools in the US and abroad – continued to climb in 2017 to 37.4% on average, up 4% from 33.4% five years ago in the fall of 2013. Click Here to Read More Via … [Read more...]
Forte Foundation selects IU’s Kelley School for new program to help women better succeed in careers
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business is one of 10 institutions chosen by the Forté Foundation to participate in its “Rising Star” pilot initiative to encourage, support and better prepare undergraduate women for their careers and compete for top jobs. The Rising Star offerings will enhance several opportunities already available to about 750 undergraduate women … [Read more...]