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 raises cost of MBA degree as peer institutions halt tuition increase
Content written by Gianna Ferrarin and published by The Daily Pennsylvanian. MBA News Digest Comment. None. Extracted Content: Top business schools will halt tuition increases in the midst of a nationwide decline in applications. Wharton, however, will raise its first-year tuition from $78,948 to $81,378 for the 2019-2020 academic year. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
Wharton to Offer Online Courses in Fintech with New Specialization
Content written by Emily Hemming and published by the The Wharton School via CISION PRWeb. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce a new online program: “Fintech: Foundations and Applications of Financial Technologies.” With this program Wharton demonstrates its commitment to creating business education … [Read more...]
Even some Wharton business school students could use a basic personal finance education
Content written by Jessica Dickler and published by CNBC. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: When it comes to money, most people lack the know-how to make smart moves on their own. Even at Wharton, one of the nation's top business schools, financial illiteracy still exists. To address the problem, a few MBA students in 2016 founded Wharton Common Cents to shed some light … [Read more...]
Admitting younger students can benefit MBA programmes
Content written by Seb Murray and published by Financial Times. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Several US business schools are admitting undergraduates to their MBAs. MIT’s Sloan School of Management opened its deferred admissions scheme in January to undergraduates or recent graduates from any university. Postgraduates without full-time work experience can also apply. … [Read more...]
Wharton and Gimlet Media’s “The Pitch” to Host Live Startup Competition
Content written by and published by Wharton Media Relations. MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Gimlet Media’s renowned podcast, The Pitch, is coming to Wharton for its first-ever live show on the road. Three budding Philadelphia startups will pitch their business to two investors: Jillian Manus, one of the Bay Area’s most prominent investors/philanthropists, and Phil Nadel, … [Read more...]