same sentiments about every time they bring up Bill Gates and Michael Dell. That's like saying the b-schools mention their Olympic medalist or Mt Everest climber admit, and we assume that everyone at that b-school is an Olympic medalist or an expert climber.
I love these quotes from the article:
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if [an MBA] is something that you’re doing because you want to make more money, rather than because you’re really interested in how businesses function, you’ll probably be disappointed
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Yale and Stanford implemented sweeping changes to their MBA curricula, allowing students to tailor their coursework based on previous work experience and career goals.
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MBAs can be at the top of the tree looking out over the strategic horizon while the real workers in the organization are at the trunk of the tree firing up the chainsaw.”
— Ken Evans, former VP of sales and marketing at Waste Management, currently a management consultant at CP Strategies.
I'm wondering which schools they're doing this study on. In all the schools I've visited, they all have some hands-on internships, not just in the summer, but during the year, where you help companies with projects relating to your career choice to get real world experience. I'm surprised they don't mention those at all, as that is one of the major factors I looked at to pick schools (getting real-world experience while at the school).