If "executive" MBA programmes are not much different from their full-time counterparts, how do business schools justify charging twice the price?

More women are heading to business school than ever before, reports “Forbes”. According to numbers released last year by the US Department of Education, women received 44 per cent of all MBAs in 2007, a 75 per cent increase from a decade earlier.

Poets & Quants was created by John A. Byrne, the man who spearheaded a new M.B.A. ranking while working at BusinessWeek in the late 1980s. According to Byrne, the site aims to eventually give students in-depth looks at hundreds of degree programs, including what he calls the brutal truth about facilities, teaching methods and reputations. And, according to the site's about page, the goal is to create a helpful community of people interested in graduate business school education. It’s a place to give advice and counsel to MBA applicants, share information, and make friends. Create your profile, join a group, engage in a forum topic, and help to make this community a valuable resource for those interested in pursuing an MBA.

MBA applications always go up during a bad economy -- but for all the wrong reasons. Here are seven reasons why you should take a bad job instead of getting an MBA.

The résumé may seem simple, but it's an application minefield. Handled carelessly it can dash any hope of landing a top B-school spot.