More and more business schools are revamping their curricula -- not only to remain competitive with one other, but also to ensure that their students are developing the skills necessary for success in today's changing world. Planning on getting an MBA in the near future? Pay attention: Your education will most likely reflect these changes.<\/p>\n
This week's MBA News Roundup features stories on updated b-school program offerings, as well as the experience of venturing abroad for a fulfilling educational and cultural experience. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
1. Wharton School Follows Yale, Stanford with Overhaul of Business Curriculum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Planning to attend business school in 2012? Be prepared for a new education at schools like Wharton, Yale, Stanford and most likely many others in the near future. Read more details in this Bloomberg<\/em> post.<\/p>\n 2. Johns Hopkins Offers New Executive MBA Program<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The International Business Times<\/em> reports that Johns Hopkins is accepting applications for its inaugural EMBA class that begins May 2011. Want an MBA in 18 months? This may be a great option for you.<\/p>\n 3. Chinese Students Flock to U.S. B-School<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n More and more Chinese students are coming to the United States for an MBA and the educational experiences seem to be occurring both inside and outside of the classroom. Be sure to check out this Poets and Quants<\/em> article for more.<\/p>\n 4. MBA in Asia: Stepping Stone into Greater China<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n In contrast to the previous article in the Roundup, CNN<\/em>'s Business 360 blog points out that although more Asian students are applying abroad to business school, more westerners are also applying to schools in Asia as well.<\/p>\n 5. For New Grads, Jobs Still Tough to Find<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This Wall Street Journal<\/em> article features an interview with the president of the MBA Career Services Counsel, a professional association, who provides insight into what students can expect for post-MBA job searching.<\/p>\n Remember to follow KnewtonGMAT<\/a> for more business school application tips, GMAT help, and MBA news!<\/em><\/p>\n More and more business schools are revamping their curricula — not only to remain competitive with one other, but also to ensure that their students are developing the skills necessary…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[728,1896,39],"class_list":["post-5475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-b-school-life","tag-knewton-mba-news-roundup","tag-mba","tag-mba-admissions","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475","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\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5477,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5475\/revisions\/5477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}