Nyenrode (see profile), a Dutch school, has announced that it is postponing the start of this year's full-time MBA because it can no longer secure bank loans for its foreign students, blaming the recession.
When we had our first child, we decided that this would be the best time for my wife to pursue an MBA as it would allow her not to have a visible CV gap.
There's a lot I liked about my MBA. But it is also important to be aware of the drawbacks.
Many years ago my company invested heavily in my MBA, and it always meant a great deal to me.
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It seems the job market has been willing to take its chances about this for a while now with regards to how it compensates MBA graduates.
When I was at INSEAD for my MBA, I noticed it was fashionable for young men on the move in their careers to wear genuinely expensive watches.
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With a BA in history from UC Berkeley, and several years of developing digital marketing strategy in the heart of the Hollywood, Zim may not seem to fit the classic MBA profile, dominated as it is by students from the fields of finance, engineering and consultancy.
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Meanwhile the Richard Ivey School of Business has also announced a revamp of its MBA course structure, incorporating what it calls "cross-enterprise leadership".
"As reflected in the latest FT rankings, 84 percent of the participants in the HKUST full-time MBA program are international students and it is one of the most international programs in the world in terms of student diversity, " he said.
Ivey dean Carol Stephenson says the school recognised that the old-model MBA was not working as well as it could to produce graduates with the skills required by the modern business world.
Our job was to rate whether the candidate should be part of the 1 percent, the 13 out of the 1300 that actually make it into the only entrepreneurship MBA in India.
It is a fascinating look at MBA-related debt across the country, and how Mihalic went about his journey to ultimately become debt-free.
Attending a top American business school is a still an extremely promising investment in your future and will remain the best option for many MBA students for decades to come, but it is certainly also worth exploring institutions outside the United States.
It hopes to double its intake of MBA students to 300, as well as increasing the number of undergraduates from 500 to 800.
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.
It would be great to have an MBA class with a strong representation of people from the arts and humanities, but the reality is that an MBA student needs to be highly numerate.
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Introducing a new essay or changing the interview format is not intended to raise the stress levels of the candidates, but to encourage introspection and candid self evaluation that will allow readers of the application to understand why a candidate considers the MBA experience critical for their professional goals and how it will be a transformational experience for them.
Instead, I read it as I prepared to graduate from my MBA program.
If a small business or non-profit decides it could benefit from the services of an MBA they can approach MWB with their requirements.
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After getting an MBA from Northwestern, Wood joined Microsoft in 1991 when it had 5, 000 employees and left in November 1999 to start Room to Read.
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Most of my undergrad and MBA students are in a great rush to get on with it.
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This question is neither unique, nor new to LIPA. In fact, it has been part of the core of every MBA program curriculum, especially after the collapse of Soviet Union, and the rise of modern corporations.
So as frustrating as it may be for the college grad or the MBA, the fact of the matter is you are still going to be much better off than if you didn't have that education short term as well as long term.
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It is that self-reflection that ultimately allows the MBA admissions committee to understand how admitting this particular candidate will enrich their school community.
But is this enough for the modern MBA student, or do you need, as the military puts it, to get out there and get your boots on the ground?
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