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June 9, 2011
As an educator, I believe that knowledge for the sake of knowledge has enduring social value. As the head of executive education for Northwestern University's Kellogg ...
October 15, 2009
The financial meltdown of 2008 and the ensuing global economic crisis have ignited a vigorous debate on the responsibilities of businesses and those who manage them ...
September 24, 2009
It's that time again. Summer vacation is over, the sunscreen and swimsuits have been stashed, and a new school year at business school is under way. But what sort of ...
August 24, 2009
During this recession it has been disappointing to see arguments against the MBA degree. If you listen to the loudest critics, you would start to believe that the MBA ...
August 10, 2009
More than a century and a half ago, a Pennsylvanian traveling in Europe suffered much personal abuse and ridicule simply because he hailed from a state that had ...
July 27, 2009
Many business students study or work in another country as part of their overall academic programs. Often these experiences stimulate a curiosity and lifelong interest...
July 13, 2009
Amid all the pomposity surrounding discussions of the credit crisis ("capitalism is over!", "hang anyone with a pinstriped suit!") it is easy to forget what truly ...
June 30, 2009
I've been reading lately about the plight of the MBA Class of 2009. Many are coming out of school with changed expectations and having to hustle to find work, any ...
June 15, 2009
In the midst of the current economic crisis, it seems that some of the ire—and at least a modicum of the blame—for Wall Street's rippling effects on the ...
May 18, 2009
The Class of 2009 must be cursing their collective bad luck. For their entire college career, they've watched employers wooing their older classmates with promises of ...
May 11, 2009
The current economic crisis is good in this way at least: It focuses the mind and provides an opportunity for reflection, renewal, and responsibility. Cold comfort, ...
May 4, 2009
Money is tight everywhere, and executive education is certainly no exception. Pressure is mounting on business schools to show more direct and systematic evidence of a...
April 27, 2009
There was a time when being in a rock band was the ultimate in campus cool. Now it seems that once again being in a startup gives you instant cool, particularly for ...
April 20, 2009
Money and climate go hand in hand. Lord Nicholas Stern, the former chief economist of the World Bank, explained the economics of climate change nearly three years ago:...
April 2, 2009
Globalization has fueled the good times for business schools. Since the 1980s, billions of people have joined the world's market-oriented economies, and massive ...
March 23, 2009
For the past six months, we have witnessed an upheaval in the economics of higher education unlike anything we have ever seen. Endowment levels are 20% to 35% lower ...
February 5, 2009
Whether you were among those who lauded the clarity of President Barack Obama's recent inaugural address, or those who bemoaned the lack of "quotable quotes," most ...
January 12, 2009
When trying to explain the regression that usually follows a chaotic event, Albert Einstein once said, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but ...
