The MBA alternative report from the class of 2011

The MBA alternative report from the class of 2011

🕔01:00, 18.Jan 2015

Studying for an MBA is all about getting a better job, but there is nothing wrong with having a good time along the way. In the second FT alternative MBA survey, we asked alumni from the MBA class of 2011

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Start-up costs for MBA graduates pay off

Start-up costs for MBA graduates pay off

🕔01:00, 18.Jan 2015

The fear that starting a business will inevitably mean an enforced period of belt tightening and dining on nothing but baked bean suppers has dissuaded many high flying executives from quitting their jobs to become entrepreneurs. Salary data from 20-

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When Is An MBA Worth It?

When Is An MBA Worth It?

🕔01:00, 15.Jan 2015

Earning an Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) can help professionals enhance their career opportunities, receive increased compensation and job promotions. An MBA can provide the skills and knowledge necessary to start a new business, and many employers require an MBA

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Mooc Maker To Compete With B-Schools With Tuition-Free Online MBA

Mooc Maker To Compete With B-Schools With Tuition-Free Online MBA

🕔01:00, 14.Jan 2015

The University of the People – a digital non-profit university – has become the latest tech upstart hoping to disrupt the business education industry. UoPeople is in the process of developing two MBA programs in management and entrepreneurship, to complement

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What B-school rejection feels like: When Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, and Yale all say no

What B-school rejection feels like: When Harvard, Wharton, Kellogg, Tuck, and Yale all say no

🕔01:00, 12.Jan 2015

It was as if he’d climbed up on a high diving board, shouted down to everyone on the pool deck to watch him perform a triple back flip with four twists, bounced a few times to prepare for launch, bounced

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Prepare for an MBA Internship

Prepare for an MBA Internship

🕔01:00, 12.Jan 2015

By January, some first-year MBA students have taken the first step in securing their careers as business leaders: They’ve accepted summer internship offers. Employment is such a critical part of the b-school experience that an MBA program’s career office usually

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U.S. News & World Report Ranks Best Online MBA Programs for the First Time

U.S. News & World Report Ranks Best Online MBA Programs for the First Time

🕔01:00, 8.Jan 2015

Choosing a high-quality online MBA program may have just gotten easier with the addition of its own rankings category from U.S. News & World Report. For the 2015 Best Online Programs rankings, Best Online MBA Programs has become its own

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Is business school worth it?

Is business school worth it?

🕔01:00, 6.Jan 2015

It’s a fair enough question considering the average cost of one year at a top-ten MBA program is currently $58,554 in the U.S., not including opportunity cost (lost income). Taking two years off from the professional world during the height

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A/B testing is so yesterday — and so’s your MBA

A/B testing is so yesterday — and so’s your MBA

🕔01:00, 6.Jan 2015

e New York Times recently ran a piece on how traditional MBA programs were under growing pressure because — in addition to questions about the actual economic value of such costly offerings — their emphasis on corporate finance and strategy

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MOOC your way to a free MBA?

🕔01:00, 4.Jan 2015

It has been suggested that, with care and dedication, you can assemble a Masters of Business Administration for free. Perhaps unsurprisingly for those in the know, the idea hasn’t caught on. When leading MBA providers, including the University of Pennsylvania’s

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