Potential Flaw in MBA Rankings Shuffles Results
Rankings of MBA schools are a dime a dozen. Just about every publication focused on business offers a yearly report of business school rankings. Most people accept the rankings for what they are, but recently, Glenn Hubbard, the dean of Columbia Business School, published an essay that examines the methodology of the ranking system. Continue reading…
Columbia Dean Gives Advice for Choosing a Business School
An article written by Glenn Hubbard, dean of the Columbia Business School was featured on the Fortune Magazine website. The article discusses whether or not business school rankings really matter. Dean Hubbard tells readers that rankings for business schools do matter, but prospective students should rely more on how the school will fit their needs instead of where and how the school is ranked.
Dean Hubbard begins by discussing how prospective students can measure the quality of a business school. Hubbard tells readers that instead of looking at the number of successful alumni or how the dean perceives the school, it is important for prospective students to look at the students that are enrolled in the school and how many applications that the school receives every year and if applications are going up or down over the past few years.
Columbia Alum Donates to Manhattanville Project
Columbia Business School alumnus Louis Bacon ’81 has made a generous donation to the school from the Moore Charitable Foundation. His donation will go toward supporting the new facilities at the school, which are a part of Columbia University’s Manhattanville project. Bacon founded the Moore Charitable Foundation in 1992 and serves as the Chairman. He is also the founder, chairman, chief executive officer, and principal investment manager of Moore Capital Management, LP, and a member of Columbia Business School’s Board of Overseers.
The Manhattanville project will create a new campus for Columbia in Upper Manhattan. The campus will be located just north of the University’s Morningside Campus. So far, the school has raised over $440 million for the project. The new campus will serve as a center of academic and civic life, ensuring that Upper Manhattan remains a world-class center of pioneering research and teaching.
Final App Deadline for Columbia MBA April 15
The final application deadline for the MBA program at the Columbia Business School is April 15. This application deadline is for the August 2015 entry. About 70 percent our full-time MBA students begin their studies in the fall term. After mandatory orientation in the second half of August, regular classes begin in September.
In order to be considered for admission at Columbia, applicants must submit the online application form and the supporting documents by 11:59 p.m. on the day of the deadline. All applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution for admission to Columbia Business School.
Columbia Receives $2 Million Gift
Columbia Business School has received a $2 million gift for scholarships. This gift was given to the school by Lord Irvine Laidlaw, in honor of his 50th reunion and Columbia’s upcoming centennial. The gift from Lord Laidlaw will supplement need-based scholarships and increase opportunities for Columbia Business students to study abroad.
Half of Lord Laidlaw’s donation will be used to establish the Laidlaw Centennial Scholarship Challenge Fund. This fund will match up to ten $100,000 current-use scholarships. Another $850,000 of the donation will go towards establishing the Laidlaw Scholarship Fund at Columbia Business School, which will provide current-use scholarships for a number of students over four years.
Columbia Saturday EMBA App Deadline March 2
The final application deadline for the Saturday Executive MBA- New York at the Columbia Business School is March 2, 2015. This deadline is for the EMBA Saturday program that is beginning in May 2015. All required materials for applications must be submitted by this deadline in order to be considered for admission.
In order to be considered for admission, applicants for the EMBA program at Columbia must submit a letter of sponsorship from an authorized representative from their organization. The letter must contain a brief statement of the terms of support that the organization will provide to the applicant. The organization is not required to provide financial sponsorship but it must agree to keep applicant travel time to a minimum and release him or her from all job responsibilities on class days.
