Master of Business Administration

Harvard's unofficial guide to the MBA interview

This year's guide includes a bit less about dress code and more on the actual interview questions.

London Business School: Victim of its own success?

Top rankings have inspired more demand for an MBA from London Business School than it can meet, surely a predicament that other schools might envy. Dean Sir Andrew Likierman discusses what's in store for the school. By John A. Byrne

Top B-schools opt out of ethics rankings

Five of the top 10 U.S. business schools have declined to participate in this year's Aspen Institute ranking of MBA programs' environmental and ethical impact. What gives? By John A. Byrne

The Church of B-school

Sharing pieces of your emotional past sounds more like the stuff of support groups than MBA programs, but schools are recognizing a need to add these experiences to their curriculum.

By Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter

FORTUNE -- About an hour into a leadership class at Columbia Business School, all 50-odd students were sitting rail-straight with their eyes closed. A blonde research associate with the slightest hint of a German accent cooed instructions at MORE

MBA career promises: Behind the fancy job stats

They sure sound lovely, but prospective MBAs should not view the school-reported salary averages as a guarantee of a sweet paycheck come graduation day. By Anne VanderMey

Northwestern Kellogg's road to renewal

One year into her tenure as Northwestern Kellogg's dean, Sally Blount has managed to make headway toward giving the B-school a new home and a new attitude toward change. By John A. Byrne

Wharton MBA 2013: The class the loans fell on

Wharton's class of 2013 will likely be the first MBA class in history to pay more than $100 million in loans and interest payments for the privilege of gaining the degree. By John A. Byrne

Want to get an MBA? Buyers, beware.

While an MBA can open significant professional doors, B-school hopefuls ought to look long and hard before they leap, says Graduate Management Admission Council's David Wilson.

Interview by Mica Bevington, contributor

(poetsandquants.com) -- In 2010, prospective business school students sat for the three and a half hour GMAT exam 263,979 times, suggesting that there is a healthy appetite for management education despite the rising costs of attending a traditional MBA program. David MORE

Have B-Schools become debtors' prisons?

MBA grads are shouldering record levels of debt as tuition rates head skyward, making the degree a risky investment that's not often approached with caution or restraint. By Mica Bevington

UCLA's B-school revamp: It's all about jobs

UCLA's Anderson school has completed a sweeping curriculum overhaul in the hopes to get their students to develop a specialty early on so they are more attractive to job recruiters. But can they get their students to commit? By John A. Byrne