India’s MBA Ranking Shakeup

🕔01:00, 30.Aug 2011

IIM Bangalore was named the number one school in the country, making it to the top slot for the first time since 2002 It comes as no surprise that the majority of India’s top management schools are the government-run Indian

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Your Top 5 Business Schools

🕔01:00, 26.Aug 2011

Rankings published by various publications should not dictate where an MBA hopeful applies Many participants on the Bloomberg Businessweek Business School Forum spend lots of time debating the merits and pitfalls of business school rankings. While most admissions experts will

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MBAs Don’t Merit the Cost

🕔01:00, 23.Aug 2011

Amid the financial crisis and recession, placement rates and salaries for MBAs have taken hits, making the degree less valuable. Pro or con? PRO: EXPOSURE AND EXPERIENCE MATTER MORE by Christopher Frank and Paul Magnone, Drinking from the Fire Hose

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The Online MBA Salary Blues

🕔01:00, 22.Aug 2011

If the Kelley Direct online MBA program is any guide, graduates of Kenan-Flagler’s new MBA@UNC program shouldn’t expect a salary windfall The rap against online MBA programs has always been that the benefits, in terms of career advancement, can’t compare

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Want to get an MBA? Buyers, beware.

🕔01:00, 19.Aug 2011

While an MBA can open significant professional doors, B-school hopefuls ought to look long and hard before they leap, says Graduate Management Admission Council’s David Wilson In 2010, prospective business school students sat for the three and a half hour

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Have B-Schools become debtors’ prisons?

🕔01:00, 18.Aug 2011

MBA grads are shouldering record levels of debt as tuition rates head skyward, making the degree a risky investment In 2008, Brian Jenkins moved to Malibu, Calif., to start his MBA at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management.

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B-School Prof: MBA Programs Helped Trash the Economy

🕔01:00, 16.Aug 2011

Business schools educate armies of bankers, investors and corporate finance executives. How come they don’t feel responsible for the financial havoc that has ensued? After the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, and then again, following 2008’s financial crisis, there was

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MBA Advice: What I Wish I’d Know

🕔01:00, 16.Aug 2011

Bloomberg Businessweek asked its social media fans and followers to reflect on their own MBA experiences and to share snippets of advice with new the students and applicants Thousands of new MBA students are about to start class, and thousands

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For Female Faculty, a B-School Glass Ceiling

🕔01:00, 8.Aug 2011

It’s lonely at the top. That adage could be the mantra of female faculty at business schools across the country who have reached the coveted and most prestigious step of their career ladder, full professor. The number of women who’ve

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