Howard Kaufold, vice dean of the Wharton MBA for Executives program, says a typical EMBA student would be an engineer in their late 20s or early 30s.

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The MBA has not lost its prestige or its attractiveness as a place for potential future fellow executives to network.

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This truth is often difficult for senior executives to wrap their minds around because it violates everything they were taught in MBA programs and by their business mentors.

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