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Sharon Hoffman, MBA program director at Stanford Business School, has noticed a trend among female graduates: The ranks of moms with MBAs choosing to drop out of the workforce -- temporarily -- and stay at home has been swelling. Hoffman has coined a phrase for the phenomenon, "stopping out."

Discusses the result of a two-year study to investigate why more female students aren't pursuing an advanced degree.

Universities, businesses, and nonprofits are joining forces to redress the gender imbalance still so prevalent in U.S. B-schools.

Why more women don't go to business school.

MBACareers.com Finds Gender Gap in Male and Female Career Aspirations.

Networking is an even bigger issue for MBA grads from diverse backgrounds. Learn about your options.

An informal BusinessWeek Online survey reveals why many women don't pursue MBA degrees -- and offers some ways to bolster enrollment.

Business schools are taking steps to court applicants planning for a family.

Ronald Alsop on a mentoring organization that helps M.B.A. programs build more diverse student bodies.

Ron Alsop talks with Elissa Ellis-Sangster, executive director of the Forte Foundation, about how to help business schools overcome obstacles in attracting female students.

Female enrollment in full-time M.B.A. programs has remained mired for years. Now, graduate business schools are fielding part-time "morning M.B.A.s" to attract women. The new offerings aren't for everyone, but the changes are brightening the work-life landscape for aspiring female business leaders.

A handful of business schools are taking steps to boost female enrollment, but many say they still have work to do to attract more women.

Once almost solely the province of men, the offices of business school dean are increasingly held by women.

The Carlyle Group and the Robert Toigo Foundation will launch a private equity MBA fellowship intended to attract minority MBA candidates to the sector.

A new study finds problems--and progress--with pay and promotions for women MBAs.

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.

Women are heading to business school in larger numbers than ever before, and at younger ages to boot. But how much are women gaining from the degree?

Every year, admissions officials from top MBA programs across the country gather in a St. Louis hotel to dole out millions in funds from the single largest MBA scholarship fund in the world.

Men outpace women by a significant margin when it comes to earning academic honors at Harvard Business School. What's behind the gap?

After writing a story recently about the growing number of Chinese women interested in getting their MBAs, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at what is happening with female enrollment in U.S. MBA programs.

Whether you’re in the middle of the MBA admissions process or you haven’t even decided if B-school is for you, you’re no doubt considering the potential profits and losses of this important decision. Perhaps you’ve compared the curriculum specialties at various schools, researched different universities’ scholarships and looked into what type of extracurricular opportunities will be available to you. But a question remains: Have you thought about how being female will impact your B-school experience?