Archives: October 2009

MBA Programs Report 2009 Placement and Salary Data

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on October 30

Our recent story on MBA salaries analyzes the post-crisis job market for BusinessWeek’s top 30 U.S. MBA programs. As a few people have pointed out in the comments, employment numbers...

Delayed Jack Welch Online MBA to Start in January

Posted by: Alison Damast on October 27

Here’s some good news for students planning on signing up for the Jack Welch Management Institute, a new online MBA program: Jack is back. The former General Electric CEO’s plans...

New GMAC Ad Campaign Makes Case for Business School

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on October 21

The Graduate Management Admission Council, owners of the GMAT, seem to have found a new ambassador for the brand. And he’s dressed as a hotdog. The GMAT test’s current ad...

Business Schools Get a Little Greener, Survey Shows

Posted by: Alison Damast on October 21

Students with a keen interest in the social and environmental savvy of business schools should keep an eye on the Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey, a biannual “green” alternative...

A Career Fair for MBA Veterans

Posted by: Alison Damast on October 16

I recently wrote a story about how business schools are trying to attract more candidates with military experience through new initiatives like the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Yellow Ribbon...

Business School? There's an App for That

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on October 12

By Anne VanderMey The BlackBerry may still be the phone of choice for the MBA set, but anyone thinking it’s the only one in the running hasn’t clicked through the...

B-Schoolers, At Least Someone Has It Worse...

Posted by: Lindsey Gerdes on October 12

For those MBA students worried about finding a job, there is one group that may have it even worse than you do--law students. In this week's cover story, BusinessWeek writer...

Chicago Booth Part-Time MBAs Get Their 15 Minutes...On Video

Posted by: Louis Lavelle on October 12

By Adam Fusfeld We’ve already reported B-schools using social media in the classroom . Now the University of Chicago Booth School of Business is taking it a step further –...

For Your Next B-School Assignment, Please Tweet

Posted by: Alison Damast on October 06

While many business school students and professors have their own personal Twitter feeds, it has not yet become a common classroom tool in MBA programs. But that may be changing,...

IMD Celebrates China's Liberation Day

Posted by: Francesca Di Meglio on October 01

In honor of the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1, 2009, IMD unveiled a special section of its Web site on China...