- Harvard Business School has expanded overseas to China, India, and Europe, with the most rapid growth in China and the slowest in India, reports a recent Wall Street Journal article. According to David Yoffie, senior associate dean of executive education at Harvard, "The demand for executive education in China is insatiable....India is different. Companies already have their own extensive internal training programs. There's a lot more scepticism of the value of outside education beyond a certain price point."
- HBSers aren't the only ones moving east; according to a recent Daily Pennsylvanian article, Whartonites are also heading to Asia, seeking finance and investment opportunities in East Asian countries, particularly in China. According to Barbara Hewitt, senior associate director of Career Services at Wharton, "In the past students tended to think that New York might be more of a financial capital and a place to start a career, and certainly I still see some of that, but I think that Hong Kong is absolutely a huge financial market, and people are seeing a lot of benefit to having that international experience and knowledge of the Asian market."
- Nyenrode Business Unviersiteit announced more free flights for prospective MBA students. The school is offering prospective students flights to the Netherlands campus to attend "immersion weekends" on November 19-21 or February 18-20. These trips were planned after the success of the first immersion weekend the b-school hosted in June. “The programme is focused strongly on personal development and the enhancement of leadership skills," explains Desiree Van Gorp, the international MBA's director, "and that’s exactly what participants can expect from these weekends, albeit in miniature.” For more information on the free flights project, visit the school's website.
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