Duke MBAs Fail Ethics Test
Thirty-four Fuqua School of Business students are accused of violating the school’s honor code by cheating on an exam.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alison Damast | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Business School News
Star Search
Companies are increasingly looking in top MBA programs for finance talent.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alix Nyberg Stuart | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
M.B.A. Programs Hone ‘Soft Skills’
Some business schools are devoting more time to topics such as teamwork leadership and communicating.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Phred Dvorak | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News
Getting on the Fast Track to an Executive M.B.A.
Some business schools are switching to shorter, more flexible programs to appeal to busy managers and sponsoring companies that want to minimize time away from the office.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Business School News, Executive Programs
A Small B-School Can Be a Big Plus
Small-town schools offer a lot that big-city schools don’t, especially a close-knit community and strong attachment between student and institution.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kerry Miller | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Choosing a Program
Wall Street Careers: It’s All in the Timing
The state of the economy at graduation time can affect the lifetime careers of MBAs and economists.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Alice LaPlante | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Prof Pearls
How can you get the most out of your precious (and pricey) time at b-school? Here is some advice from the pros–the professors, that is.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ellen Harris | Source: MBA Jungle | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Bschools Apply Lesson From Branding 101
Many schools boast talented marketing professors and send their graduates off to brand powerhouses like Procter & Gamble. Yet most schools have failed to develop a resonant brand image of their own. While schools may well have distinctive cultures and academic strengths, they usually play up their media rankings and use the same buzzwords, such as global and entrepreneurial. Some schools are trying to change … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CollegeJournal.com | Subject: Business School News
New Deans, New Directions
Business school deans once cloistered themselves in ivy-covered towers within serene university settings, isolated from real world pressures. But no longer. Today, the top job at the world’s top schools presents challenges akin to those faced by corporate CEOs. Competition among schools has intensified, international curriculum and campuses are now de rigeur, and faculty recruitment and retention is more challenging. The demands of these new … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Rebecca Fannin | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: Business School News
Survey Shows MBA Students Believe Business Should Be Agent of Social Change
The overwhelming majority of today’s MBA students believe that businesses should work toward the betterment of society, that managers should take into account social and environmental impacts when making business decisions, and that corporate social responsibility should be integrated into core curricula in MBA programs, according to a new survey.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Sources: GreenBiz.com, Net Impact | Subjects: Business School News, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Survey: M.B.A.s Are The Biggest Cheaters
Many bschool students say they plagiarize copy classmates’ work and bring prohibited materials into exams, a survey shows.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Thomas Kostigen | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: Business School News, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
One Size Fits All No Longer at Stanford
The business school plans to retool its M.B.A. curriculum to add more customization for the school’s increasingly diverse students.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News
Was Earning That Harvard M.B.A. Worth It?
About a year before Adam Richman was to graduate from the Harvard Business School in 1996, he took on an extracurricular project. Mr. Richman wondered: What was the real-world value of a master’s in business administration? Mr. Richman decided to track a group of his classmates and visit them every five years until 2026. He also decided to film them along the way. His work … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Abby Ellin | Source: The New York Times | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Business School News
Breaking Down Silos at Yale
Dean Joel Podolny talks about how the B-school is putting old paradigms out to pasture with its new curriculum.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Kerry Miller | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Business School News
How to Write an Admissions Essay That Can Pave the Way to B-School
With applications on the rise, you’ll need to make a persuasive case to win over the gatekeepers at top graduate business programs.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Sarah E. Needleman | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Getting In
Best MBA Paper in Corporate Citizenship
The goal of this competition, sponsored by The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College and Net Impact, is to encourage students and faculty to understand the practices, challenges and opportunities of corporate citizenship as well as the exploration of corporate citizenship in the business school curriculum. The contest is open to all enrolled full- and part-time MBA students at accredited institution of higher learning.
Each … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Sources: Net Impact, The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College | Subject: B-School Events & Competitions
The M.B.A.’s Long-Term Value: An Executive Recruiter’s View
If you’re contemplating business school you may be wondering whether the degree will pay off for your career in the long run. A top recruiter shares his perspective.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Dana Mattioli | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Grooming Minorities For Business School
Ronald Alsop on a mentoring organization that helps M.B.A. programs build more diverse student bodies.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Women & Minority MBA Issues
Yale’s New M.B.A. Curriculum Integrates Academic Disciplines
The course overhaul exemplifies a trend toward breaking out of functional ‘silos’ like finance, accounting and marketing.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Ron Alsop | Source: CareerJournal (WSJ) | Subject: Business School News
USF International Business Plan Competition
The business plan competition held annually since 2000 at the University of San Francisco.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: University of San Francisco | Subject: B-School Events & Competitions