Pushing MBAs Beyond the Books

B-schools are remaking their curriculums with projects that compel students to take classroom concepts into the real world.

This Is Not Your Father’s MBA

Rensselaer’s Lally School is overhauling the B-school syllabus. Rivals are watching.

Building Value

Will state-of-the art technology and flashy architecture attract students to these business schools? Several insiders discuss whether technological and aesthetic improvements are a luxury or a neccessity.

BusinessWeek Heard on Campus (June 2004)

Various short articles on B-School happenings:

Back to the Future at Duke
Sheryle Dirks takes the helm again at Fuqua’s careers office.

Chicago Shares Campus Recruiting with Part-Timers

Status Woes: 10 South African B-Schools Lose Accreditation

Georgia State Taps Huss as B-School Dean

Good Works – With A Business Plan

B-schools are now fostering ventures with a social mission

New Program Links Leading B-Schools with Ethics-Minded CEOs

The Business Roundtable has announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind business ethics center designed to renew and enhance the link between ethical behavior and business practices.

The Little Green Schoolhouse

Gifford Pinchot says business schools have fostered an obsession with maximizing shareholder value at the expense of employees, community, and the planet. That’s why he started the Bainbridge Island Graduate Institute ( BGI ) near Seattle, where students will study environmental sustainability and social responsibility in the context of entrepreneurship and innovation.

From Cornell to Career

Karin Ash, career-management director at the Johnson B-school, explains why focused, well-prepared grads do best at the job search.

What B-Schools Want Now

Students they’re sure they can place

The Newest MBAs Are Still Gung Ho (2003)

While this year’s crop is far more realistic about job security, they’re also convinced that their business degree is extremely valuable.

The Ivory Chateau

Is INSEAD the ultimate global b-school?

Will MBAs Seek New Certification?

Article looks at a proposed new certification test for MBAs.

Why B-School Professors Are Drawing Such Interest

Article looks at the shortage of business Ph.D.s and the problem of filling vacant professorial positions.

Building a B-School from Scratch

Robert Sullivan, dean of the University of California at San Diego’s brand new program, talks about the lure — and the challenge.

A New B-School Star of India?

Hyderabad’s Indian School of Business has major-league backers and world-class faculty. Now it wants to become an Asian jewel

New MBA Program Stresses Sustainability, Social Justice

The Bainbridge Island Graduate Institute (BGI) is offering a new MBA program “for people who want their business career to reflect their commitment to sustainability and social justice.”

Click U

Virtual networking truly clicks at Indiana University, where students of the online MBA program collaborate and communicate across time zones and oceans, using breakneck technology and scheduling savvy. Hmmm … sounds a lot like global business today.

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

In 2000, The Entrepreneurial Manager was introduced into the required first-year MBA curriculum. The course-and its presence in the first year-marked an important milestone in the evolution of teaching entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School.

New Business recently gathered Howard H. Stevenson, the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Paul W. Marshall, the MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management Practice and course head for The Entrepreneurial Manager, … [ Read more ]

B-School Incubates Winning ‘Green Screen’

This article takes a look at the development of an elective field studies project on Natural Capitalism at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. The result: a Legacy Fund that the school is considering as a unique part of a leadership track on sustainable business.