{"id":4646,"date":"2010-10-07T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T21:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2010-10-07T13:58:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T21:58:16","slug":"columbia-launches-new-saturday-emba-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/columbia-launches-new-saturday-emba-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Launches New Saturday EMBA Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/Columbia.aspx\">Columbia Business School<\/a>'s new program, EMBA Saturday, allows highly qualified executives an opportunity to pursue \"a full MBA experience through intensive Saturday-only coursework,\" reports a <a href=\"https:\/\/www4.gsb.columbia.edu\/news\/item\/7215086\/Columbia+Business+School+Launches+EMBA+Saturday\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\"Now these top achievers can pursue an MBA without forfeiting a hard-earned spot in a top firm and without having to secure corporate sponsorship,\" said Ethan Hanabury, Columbia's senior associate dean for degree programs.<\/p>\n<p>The EMBA Saturday students will meet every Saturday from 8:30am to 6:45pm at Columbia for a total of 24 months. The first cohort will begin classes in May 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www4.gsb.columbia.edu\/emba\/saturday\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia Business School's website<\/a> for more details on the EMBA Saturday program, including admissions information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you applying to an EMBA program? Get expert tips and advice on the application process when you sign up<\/strong> <strong>for Accepted.com's FREE email course, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/embaadmissionscourse.aspx?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Post&amp;utm_campaign=EMBAContent\"><em><strong>Ace the EMBA: Admissions Advice for EMBA Applicants<\/strong><\/em><\/a> <strong>today!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/MBA\/Default.aspx?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=MBAIcon\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/profile.ak.fbcdn.net\/object3\/947\/54\/s8255073883_9880.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260090948492\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>Accepted.com<\/a> ~ Helping You Write Your Best<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Business School&#8217;s new program, EMBA Saturday, allows highly qualified executives an opportunity to pursue &#8220;a full MBA experience through intensive Saturday-only coursework,&#8221; reports a Columbia press release. &#8220;Now these&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3,4,6],"tags":[132,60,39],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-b-school-life","category-career-reviews","category-current-events","tag-columbia","tag-emba","tag-mba-admissions","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4648,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions\/4648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}