MBA
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Harvard's grand experiment: Send 900 biz students abroad
Harvard plans to send nearly all of its entering business school students to a range of far-flung locales across the world in an ambitious week-long immersion program.
By John A. Byrne, contributor
(Poets&Quants) -- For the Harvard Business School, it is the academic equivalent of Operation Overlord.
Next month, the school that made the MBA one of the world's most valuable credentials will launch an invasion of more than 900 MBA students, roughly MORE
Dec 15, 2011 8:37 AM ET -
An unexpected B-school arms race for top students
Competition for the best students has never been more intense among the leading business schools. By John A. Byrne
Dec 12, 2011 9:35 AM ET -
Rejected: Foreign MBA applicants face major hurdles
International applicants account for a large portion of applicants at many U.S. business schools, but they also receive the lion's share of rejections. Applicants from India and China lead the pack of the rejected. By John A. Byrne
Nov 23, 2011 9:52 AM ET -
MBA costs soar. Salaries? Not so much.
The total cost of a Stanford MBA is now more than $350,000. And salaries have not kept pace. Yet another look at the diminishing returns of the degree.
By John A. Byrne, contributor
(Poets&Quants) -- Getting an MBA degree from a top-tier business school in the U.S. now costs more than a third of a million dollars. That's the unmistakable conclusion of a new analysis by Poets&Quants that takes into account the MORE
Nov 18, 2011 10:51 AM ET -
Look out, B-schools: Jack Welch is moving in
The former GE chairman aims to enroll 5,000 business students at his Jack Welch Management Institute, far eclipsing enrollment at programs like Harvard and Stanford. By John A. Byrne
Nov 15, 2011 12:51 PM ET -
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.
Oct 27, 2011 2:59 PM ET -
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
Oct 14, 2011 8:37 AM ET -
From gossip site founder to web reputation defender
Instead of opting for a coveted internship like many of his Stanford MBA counterparts, JuicyCampus.com founder Matt Ivester self-published a book alerting readers to the potential danger of social networks. By John A. Byrne
Oct 12, 2011 11:25 AM ET -
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
Oct 5, 2011 10:43 AM ET -
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
Sep 14, 2011 9:38 AM ET
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