eStudentLoan – Compare Loans, Find Scholarships and Apply Online!
Use their LoanFinder to get objective apples-to-apples comparisons of student loans, matching you with the loans that best fit your needs. Use AbsolutelyScholarships to generate targeted results from multiple scholarships databases (only one form to fill out). Also has lots of financial aid advice, news, and tips.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Financing Your MBA
How Some B-School Web Sites Meet a Higher Standard
BusinessWeek article investigates B-School web pages, making generalized comments and providing a (very) abbreviated analysis of specific program sites.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Business School News
Corporate America Goes to School
BusinessWeek article looks at how the best programs rate for executive education; includes three rankings tables and links to articles on corporate universities and Internet-based programs
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Executive Programs
FASTWEB Free Scholarship Search
FastWeb automatically matches your background with eligibility requirements for scholarships from around the country and advises you about scholarship opportunities for free.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Financing Your MBA
What’s Happening with Information Technology in Management Education: Hype, Hope, and Reality
Broken into five topics: Why Information Technology Is Important; What’s Happening Now: Web Pages of Business Schools; New Facilities/Infrastructure: a Few Examples; In and Out of the Classroom; Conclusion
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Business School News
Off the Shelf… Off the Mark: Universities excel at executive education, but shortchange finance training.
1997 CFO Magazine article about executive education not catering to finance executives.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Executive Programs
Preparing managers for the 21st century
U.S. News article looking at the accelerating pace of change at B-schools.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Business School News
Petersons.com Financing Education Site
Extensive resource site with a scholarship search feature, articles on financial aid, and links to financial aid providers.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Financing Your MBA
Business schools show they can learn to adapt
Puget Sound Business Journal guest commentary from Alec Hill, dean of the School of Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Business School News
Where Finance Education Fails: The gap between what business schools teach and what companies need.
1997 4-part article by CFO Magazine.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Business School News
The Melting Pot Still Has a Few Lumps
BusinessWeek article (1998) says schools get mixed grades for smoothing foreign students’ way–and fostering a global experience for Americans
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: International MBA Issues
review.com Transition Featured Articles
series of articles from Princeton Review including: What Will I Learn at B-School?, Before You Get to B-School, Avoid Procrastination, Take Better Notes, Stress Mgmt 101, 11-Step Guide to Transferring, and B-School Basics.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Canadian Business MBA Programs – Top of the class
When Canadian Business published our first issue devoted to Canadian MBA programs in 1992, our ranking was based on a 15-question survey written by a panel of business school deans and business leaders. Over the past decade, we’ve refined our methodology significantly. For a few years, our ranking was no more than an opinion poll; other years, we skipped the ranking portion of the issue … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: MBA Program Rankings
The Princeton Review B-School Advice and Articles
series of short articles includes: How Admissions Criteria are Weighted, GMATs & GPAs, Applicants on the Rise, Work Experience, The Interview, Interview Don’ts, Application Process
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Getting In
Applicants: Getting a Leg Up – And Paying the Price
When business school applicants are looking for a boost, they sometimes turn to two sources of help: test preparation courses and admissions consultants. Many students think they’re useful enough to be worth the hundreds, even thousands of dollars they cost. But evidence is mixed on whether they can assure you a higher GMAT score or a favorable reception at the admissions office. BUSINESS WEEK evaluated … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: Getting In
In Asia…Pursuing Western MBAs—Without Leaving Home
Asians get more options as North American and European B-schools set up outposts in the region
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: International MBA Issues
Best Indian Business Schools
Business Today presents India’s definitive Business-school ranking. Looks at recruiter preference, director preferences, infrastructure elements, brand image, faculty profile, curriculum, networking, and administration.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: MBA Program Rankings
Introduction to B-School (Embark.com)
basic overview, lacking any real thoroughness or exacting content
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: About the MBA Degree
StudyLink MBA Directory
Searchable directory of MBA programmes worldwide (517 last check)
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: StudyLink | Subject: Choosing a Program
FT MBA Discussion Forums
considering the source there isn’t much meat to this forum but still might be worth checking out, especially the thread on the value of rankings…
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Subject: MBA Discussion Forums