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Business School Faculty Feedback: A Tool For Excellence Or Appeasement?
Faculty feedback is supposed to be a great tool to assess the quality of education being imparted in an academic institution. For academics in general and business schools in particular, the faculty feedback mechanism is considered to be the vital
10 Leading MBA Programs That Produce Immediate Placement After Graduation
Discounting MBA programs at Harvard and Stanford, where growing demand is related to entrepreneurship particularly with Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the following programs are found to produce the highest rate of job placement successes with employers as
Facebook actually does want MBAs – no matter what Sheryl Sandberg says
Though Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg got an MBA from Harvard Business School, she has questioned whether such a degree actually helps people in the tech industry. In a recent Quora thread, she even went so far as to say: MBAs
20 top MBA programs whose grads land jobs right out of school
Our sixth annual ranking of the 50 best business schools in the world evaluated MBA programs based on reputation, average starting salary after graduation, job-placement rate within three months of graduation, average GMAT score, and tuition and fees. (Read our
Growing Scandal Threatens Stanford B-School Reputation
Fallout from a reported love triangle at Stanfords Graduate School of Business (GSB) has already claimed the schools dean, sparked lawsuits and countersuits, and threatened the reputation of one of the nations most prestigious business schools. To make matters worse,
Stanford to MBAs: Study now, start-up later
In an environment of billion-dollar valuations for private companies and cloud-based software that makes start-up launches easier than ever, staying focused on academics can be challenging. Should you hit the books, or try to launch the next, great start-up when
How to Get an MBA Scholarship
Some tips on how to increase your chances for getting more money A big question on the mind of many an MBA applicant: How do I get a scholarship? It’s a question that everybody asks, says Garry Cooke, assistant dean
How To Ace The Job Interview: Advice For MBA Students
This post was cowritten with Ellen Regan, a first year MBA student at the Darden School of Business, actively recruiting for internships in marketing. To help Marketing/GM students prepare for the recruiting gauntlet, we sat in on a couple of