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.”
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Business School News
MBA Application Trends Survey
The Application Trends Survey is an informal annual survey designed to take a snapshot of the demand for management education by comparing changes in application volume. Year over year comparisons for women and international applicants are analyzed. In addition, industry trends-e.g., electronic application use and changes in class size-are also tracked.
This information has allowed GMAC and business schools to monitor the demand for graduate … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Getting the MBA Admissions Edge
Content: Book | Authors: Alan Mendonca, Matt Symonds | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Bridging the Gap
Are MBA programs finally starting to deliver the qualities that companies need in the recruits they hire?
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
MBA MEETUP
MEETUP is a free service designed to use the Internet to connect groups with common interests. The MEETUP folks have hand-picked 11,409 (and growing) good meetup spots in 540 cities in 22 countries. This link is to the page dedicated to prospective MBAs (with scheduled MEETUPs for every 3rd Monday of the month). As of 7/10/02 there are only 2 people registered but … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: MEETUP | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
AsianExec Education (formerly MBAweb.net)
Find useful general MBA information and guides as well as rankings, with a bias towards Asia (and Malaysia in particular).
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, International MBA Issues
Top10MBA.com Proven Strategies for Successful B-School Applications
This web-page is designed to teach you how to make sure you beat the odds. They’ve included what they know about getting into B-school, after having done it themsleves and helping others do it.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Getting In
MBA Perspectives: Career Decisions
Graduate Management Admission Council conducted its first survey of graduating MBAs during March and April of 2000-the GLOBAL MBA SURVEYSM. Survey respondents were asked to provide permanent email addresses if interested in participating in follow-up research. Seventy-seven percent of them did so. On September 1, 2001, GMAC launched its first survey of this group-MBA Perspectives: Career Decisions.
They answered questions on the following topics:
– Satisfaction … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Corporate Recruiters Survey 2002
In January 2002, the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC) conducted a survey of the opinions, values, and expectations of corporate representatives who recruited MBAs during the past year. The goal was to collect systematically a factual set of information from a representative sample of these important “customers” of the MBA degree. The online survey questionnaire asked corporate respondents topical questions about their actual and estimated … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
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.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subjects: Business School News, Online & Distance MBA
Soldiering Through Business School
How a growing cadre of newly stamped MBAs are helping the armed forces battle inefficiency.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
The Annual Global MBA Survey
The Graduate Management Admission Council conducts a survey of the attitudes, values, and expectations of the graduating MBA class annually in order to collect systematically factual information from a representative sample of this important group.
Content: Article | Source: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
IvyEdge
A for-fee company specializing in
essay editing, as well as total admissions consulting services.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Getting In
Playing the Wait-List Game
With so many people applying to B-schools, many are ending up in admissions purgatory. Here are some ways to make your name stand out.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Getting In
GMAT MBA Prep
“To get into business school you need a well-polished application and an excellent GMAT score. Here you can find GMAT prep resources and information about how to apply to business school.”
Editor’s Note: This site appears to be just an information site as opposed to most which are trying to sell actual services (doesn’t necessarily make it better just noteworthy).
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: GMAT
CEEED – Central & Eastern European Education Directory On-Line
A guide to MBA, AMBA, EMBA, management courses at universities in Europe.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Choosing a Program
B-School: Don’t Take “No” for an Answer
Though the topic of this article is increasing chances for admission to a school the second time around, the advice is naturally valid for all applicants.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Getting In
Lessons Learned at Dot-Com U.
Even the centers of academia that are home to some of the world’s most brilliant scholars are slapping themselves on the head for trying to cash in on the internet. Universities have since revised their outlook for distance learning.
NY Times (registration required)
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Online & Distance MBA
Keep Your CEO Out Of Grad School
“Think formal education helps in business? Think again. Chief executives who went to graduate school don’t seem to make any more money for their shareholders than those with no advanced degree. MBAs may actually do worse than those with no advanced degree, although they fare better than lawyers.”
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
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 ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Business School News