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Tag: MBA
African-American
A New Pipeline – A Fellowship Opportunity for Black MBA Students Will Connect Them Directly with Jobs
In September, a global cohort of Black MBA students will begin an eight-month long fellowship that ends with direct work placement at Marsh McLennan, a risk, insurance, and consulting company. The fellowship, called Racial Injustice and Social Equity (RISE), is a first-of-its-kind program developed in a partnership between Marsh McLennan, Fisk University, and the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA).
June 16, 2021
Latest News
Study Analyzes Motivations of Female Candidates Seeking Graduate Management Education
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 60% of graduate management education programs experienced a rise in female candidate applications in 2020. Comparably, in 2019, only 41% of programs did, according to a recent Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) study.
March 9, 2021
Women
The PhD Project Panel Focuses on Building the Pipeline
The PhD Project — a non-profit organization working to increase the diversity of business school faculty since 1994 — held its annual conference virtually and hosted its second annual talk titled “Wonder Women Diversity Discussion” to strategize about how best to build the talent pipeline in diversity for unrepresented students pursuing business degrees and Ph.D.’s.
November 20, 2020
News Roundup
More Business Schools Go Test-Optional for MBA Admissions
Two more prominent business schools have announced test-optional policies for the 2020-2021 MBA admissions cycle, Poets & Quants reported. The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business MBA program will pilot a GMAT/GRE test-optional admission process for fall 2021 enrollment, and the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business will offer a flexible test waiver program […]
September 19, 2020
Opinion
Women Make Strides in MBA Classrooms, But Progress Remains Elusive in the Workplace
By now, virtually every stakeholder in the world of graduate management education (GME) is well aware of the overall decline in the number of applications to MBA programs in recent years, and the even sharper drop in international applicants to American programs.
December 17, 2019
Military
Study: Vets Get Less Tuition Covered for Medical Degree
Stephen Graves was in his first year at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in 2014 when he discovered that the Post-9/11 GI Bill would cover more of his tuition were he enrolled in a law school or MBA program.
September 18, 2018
HBCUs
Judge Calls for Mediation in Maryland Legal Case
A federal judge has appointed a “special master” to help craft a plan to resolve a longstanding battle over whether historically Black colleges and universities in Maryland were denied the chance to attract students of other races because academic programs at HBCUs were duplicated by traditionally White institutions.
November 12, 2017
Disabilties
MBA for Mom Who Went to All Classes with Quadriplegic Son
ORANGE, Calif. — A Southern California university has awarded an honorary degree to the mother of a quadriplegic student after she attended every class with him and took his notes while he pursued his Master of Business Administration. Judy O’Connor, a retired elementary school teacher, pushed her son Marty in his wheelchair for him to […]
May 23, 2017
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