Wake Forest to drop traditional MBA program

Wake Forest to drop traditional MBA program

🕔01:00, 23.Oct 2014

After five years of declining enrollment in its traditional M.B.A. program, Wake Forest University is shifting gears to focus on an area where it sees greater demand — those M.B.A. seekers who want to earn a paycheck while studying. Starting

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Where to go to business school if you want the highest salary

Where to go to business school if you want the highest salary

🕔01:00, 22.Oct 2014

There’s more to choosing a business school than its name. Unless your primary goal is to make as much money as possible. Unlike undergraduate programs, where the schools producing the highest earners are often relatively unknown, the graduate schools with

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Female MBA graduates lack ambition of male counterparts, says study

Female MBA graduates lack ambition of male counterparts, says study

🕔01:00, 22.Oct 2014

The most highly qualified female business graduates lack the ambition of male counterparts in sectors such as engineering, manufacturing and natural resources, new research suggests. Some 84% of women taking management jobs in “tech-intensive” industries immediately after gaining a master’s

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Do You Need An MBA To Be A Successful Entrepreneur?

Do You Need An MBA To Be A Successful Entrepreneur?

🕔01:00, 16.Oct 2014

When I got my MBA from Northwestern University in 1985, I never planned to be an entrepreneur. My goal was to add to my business skills for my sales support job at IBM. I wanted the additional education credential on

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Why More Entrepreneurs Than Ever Are Going To Business School

Why More Entrepreneurs Than Ever Are Going To Business School

🕔01:00, 15.Oct 2014

There’s an old Silicon Valley stereotype that MBAs are stiff, corporate types who you bring in to help grow your business but who lack the vision or creativity to start something worthwhile of their own. In the HBO series “Silicon

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10 Most Valuable Things You’ll Learn in Business School

10 Most Valuable Things You’ll Learn in Business School

🕔01:00, 15.Oct 2014

The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs

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No, UCLA, Gender Equality in B-School Faculty Isn’t ‘Mathematically Impossible’

No, UCLA, Gender Equality in B-School Faculty Isn’t ‘Mathematically Impossible’

🕔01:00, 14.Oct 2014

Closing the gender pay gap at U.S. business schools is “mathematically impossible,” according to a finance professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Bhagwan Chowdhry, writing in a recent Huffington Post article, asserts that data showing women are paid less

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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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When should you do your MBA?

When should you do your MBA?

🕔01:00, 13.Oct 2014

An MBA increases your value as an employee, as well as your chances of climbing the corporate ladder to become a CEO. That being said, it’s important to do research and thoroughly prepare so as to ensure you’re ready before

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The 25 Business Schools With The Most Diverse Students

The 25 Business Schools With The Most Diverse Students

🕔01:00, 3.Oct 2014

In today’s global economy, business leaders interact with people from all locations and backgrounds, making cultural literacy and sensitivity an important skill. This means attending a business school with a diverse student body is more helpful than ever in preparing

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