Content written by John Byrne and published by Poets&Quants. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: In a highly unusual move, the dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has agreed to accept the deanship at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Geoffrey Garrett, who has been dean of Wharton for just under five years, will stay … [Read more...]
Wharton Named First Business School to Receive Prestigious IACET Accreditation for Online Continuing Education Courses
Content written and published by Wharton. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) awarded Wharton Online, the School’s digital learning platform, prestigious Accredited Provider status. As the first business school in the world to … [Read more...]
Penn’s new blockchain course gives crypto fans a chance to link up
Content written by Julia Klayman and published by The Daily Pennsylvanian MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The blockchain wave is catching up fast with Penn. This semester, Wharton is offering its first full-credit blockchain course for both undergraduate and graduate students. The course, “Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Distributed Ledger Technology,” is a hybrid class … [Read more...]
Some Top Executive MBA Programs Now Cost More Than $200K
Content written by John Byrne and published by Poets&Quants. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Executive MBA programs are not cheap, and they’re getting pricier than ever. A new analysis by Poets&Quants finds that three of these part-time MBA programs for more senior managers and executives now tops $200,000 at three prominent business schools. Click Here to Read … [Read more...]
Wharton to Offer Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate Program Through New Collaboration with SDG
Content written and published by Strategic Decisions Group. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The Aresty Institute of Executive Education of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is collaborating with Strategic Decisions Group to launch a new Strategic Decision and Risk Management certificate program. The certificate program, designed to reach a broad spectrum … [Read more...]
Top MBA programs beef up cryptocurrency courses to keep up with demand
Content written by Kate Rooney and published by CNBC. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Some of the top MBA programs in the world are adjusting their curriculum after last year's mania around bitcoin. Stanford Graduate School of Business, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business are expanding classes in digital … [Read more...]