Posts Tagged ‘rankings’
MBA Admissions News Round Up
Last week Wharton launched a new educational website geared towards high school students, Knowledge@Wharton High School. The site will teach high schoolers about business practices and keep them up-to-date with relevant business news. Wharton professors will also have a space on the site to post...
MBA Specialty Rankings Unveil Possibilities for All
Fact: Not everyone can go to a top 10 business school. Businessweek‘s new MBA specialty rankings give the other 90% of us a solid place to begin research when you know what you want to do but can’t attend or afford a top 10 program. Such...
Top 10 European Business Schools: Financial Times 2010
The Financial Times just released its 2010 European b-school rankings, along with a number of analytical articles explaining how the results were determined. Please see “The ranking decoded” for the full list of ranking criteria, with salary data at the forefront. 10 Best European Business Schools HEC...
2010 MBA Rankings Released by Businessweek
Businessweek just released its biannual full-time MBA rankings. There were some minor shifts in this year’s U.S. top 30 compared to those of 2008, and some more significant changes in the international rankings, as you’ll see below. Top 30 U.S. Business Schools of 2010 (2008 rankings...
Financial Times Unveils EMBA Ranking Report
There are a number of interesting articles, charts, and maps included in the Financial Times‘ latest Executive MBA rankings “package.” We’ll share some highlights here, and point you in the right direction for further reading/viewing. Let’s start with the actual rankings. Top 15 International EMBA Programs 1. Kellogg...
Oops! Economist Errs in MBS Ranking
The Melbourne Business School sets the record straight regarding its international ranking position with The Economist at number 46 in a BlueSky press release (“The Economist got it wrong”). The school reports that its position should be considerably higher. In the Economist rankings, which were released late...
Economist MBA Rankings Released!
According to The Economist, this year’s rankings are “probably the most turbulent” in its nine year ranking history. How schools have responded to the difficult job market has greatly affected their position in the rankings since career opportunities for graduates and salaries of graduates account...
MBA Admissions News Roundup: New Test Prep, NYU Stern Application Tips, and New B-School Rankings for Consulting
Test prep companies have a busy season ahead of them; test prep traffic is bound to increase as future b-school applicants scramble to prepare for the Next Generation GMAT, reports a Businessweek article, “GMAT Test Prep: Changes on the Way.” The new GMAT, which will...
MBA Admissions News Roundup: New Test Prep, NYU Stern Application Tips, and New B-School Rankings for Consulting
Test prep companies have a busy season ahead of them; test prep traffic is bound to increase as future b-school applicants scramble to prepare for the Next Generation GMAT, reports a Businessweek article, “GMAT Test Prep: Changes on the Way.” The new GMAT, which will...
Ranking the MBA Rankings
John Byrne, granddaddy of rankings, creator of the 1988 Businessweek ranking, which caused (to quote Ghostbusters) “Fire and Brimestone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!…dogs and cats living together…mass hysteria.” Schools reacted to that ranking with significant change and improvement to...