Business school

The rise of the one-year MBA

A time when applications to most two-year MBA programs are down, there's renewed and growing interest in accelerated programs. By David Bogoslaw

The rise of B-school summer camp for college students

These summer experiences offer deep dives into business fundamentals and are especially helpful to liberal arts graduates with little class work or training in business.

By David Bogoslaw

(Poets&Quants) -- For most college students, summer is a time for catching up with friends back home and working on your tan. But for a growing number of ambitious undergraduates, it's also a time for the equivalent of business school boot camp.

These summer MORE

How BU's B-school plans to take on Harvard and MIT

An impartial observer couldn't even call this a David vs. Goliath match, but Boston University's B-school dean has very big plans, starting with a major revamp of the MBA curriculum.

By John A. Byrne

(Poets&Quants) -- Soon after Kenneth Freeman arrived as the new dean of Boston University's School of Management two years ago, he began talking about a rather audacious goal: To ultimately convince people that there are really three MORE

MBA startups at Stanford reach all-time high

A record-breaking 16% of Stanford B-school's class of 2011 chose to start their own companies at graduation, exceeding the school's 12% peak during the dot-com boom. By John A. Byrne

Want to get into a top B-school? Quit your day job.

MBA admissions deans are looking for people who have launched successful, or even unsuccessful, businesses to fill spots in entrepreneurial labs and other programs. By Shawn O'Connor

Harvard shakes up its MBA admissions

Harvard said it is cutting in half the number of required essays for most applicants to its full-time MBA program and making its first round application deadline earlier than ever before. By John A. Byrne

MBAs gone wild: Have B-schoolers gone too far?

Excessive drinking and other Mad Men-like behavior have become part of the culture of getting an MBA degree at schools like Harvard and Wharton, including, in some cases, sexual harassment. By John A. Byrne

Inside Harvard B-school's startup boot camp

With $3,000 of seed capital from Harvard Business School, around 150 MBA teams were tasked with developing their very own micro-businesses in short order. Here's what they came up with.

By John A. Byrne

(Poets&Quants) -- The idea initially came as something of a joke.

Earlier this year, a team of six Harvard Business School MBA students was brainstorming ideas for a new startup business. They came up with a peculiar takeoff on MORE

How do you get into Harvard Biz School?

You likely need stratospheric GMAT scores, that goes without saying. Dean of admissions Dee Leopold discusses the softer qualifications she seeks in a successful candidate.

By David Whitford, editor-at-large

FORTUNE -- Have you thought about what it takes to get into Harvard Business School these days? Stratospheric board scores, that goes without saying. Harvard receives over 9,000 applications for 900 spots, and the average score on the GMAT for the applicant pool MORE

Business titans of the future? Rice's biz plan showdown

Ultraviolet cell phone disinfectants, bloodstain testers, and a brand new use for dry ice are just a few of the pitches at this year's Rice University Business Plan Competition. By Anne VanderMey