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Harvard B-school opens the flood gates with online courses

Harvard B-school opens the flood gates with online courses

🕔01:00, 10.Feb 2015

After a pair of highly successful pilot runs, Harvard Business School is now opening its online program in business basics to students worldwide. The school is also inviting admitted MBA students to enroll in the program as a pre-MBA boot

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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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The MBA degree and the astronomical rise in CEO pay

The MBA degree and the astronomical rise in CEO pay

🕔01:00, 18.Dec 2014

Companies’ top-ranks are filled with talent from similar educational backgrounds. Uniform thinking could be playing a part in the massive CEO pay gains over the past few decades. During most MBA programs, business school students read numerous case studies, evaluating

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The MBA scholarship wars

The MBA scholarship wars

🕔01:00, 20.Nov 2014

Highly regarded institutions across the U.S. are increasingly providing deep MBA discounts as they fight ferociously over the most talented applicants. (Poets&Quants) — “Discount MBA degrees. Get ‘em while they’re cheap!” It’s not a sign you’ll see hanging from any

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The most lucrative seven-figure MBA degrees

The most lucrative seven-figure MBA degrees

🕔01:00, 14.Oct 2014

What’s an MBA degree really worth? And how much more money does an MBA from Harvard, Stanford, or Wharton get you over a career than one from Texas A&M, Ohio State, or the University of Iowa? Those are questions that

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For women MBA students, it’s getting better

For women MBA students, it’s getting better

🕔01:00, 13.Oct 2014

Much has been said about MBA programs’ unfriendliness toward women, but evidence suggests female students voices’ are gradually being heard. Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella advised attendees of a women’s computing conference that they shouldn’t ask for pay raises.

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Is there a Jesuit B-school rankings conspiracy?

Is there a Jesuit B-school rankings conspiracy?

🕔01:00, 23.Sep 2014

Peculiar results in U.S. News’ specialty MBA rankings have led to speculation that Jesuit schools may be gaming the system, particularly since they are based solely on a survey of business school officials. (Poets&Quants) — Jesuit colleges are popping up

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