Harvard, Wharton Re-Claim Top Spots in Financial Times 2020 Ranking
The Financial Times 2020 ranking of the world’s best full-time MBA programs sees Harvard Business School re-claiming the top spot, with the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School moving back to second place.
Continue reading…Where Should I Work: PwC or KPMG?
If you’re interested in a career in consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and KPMG are two of the top names in the business. As elite professional services firms, they have a lot to offer MBA graduates in terms of high salaries, culture, and career development. And that’s on top of their unique internship and recruiting opportunities specific to MBAs.
Continue reading…Lead Business Schools Meet to Discuss Diversity in Management Education
For today’s business world, “diversity” isn’t just a buzzword; it’s the reality. Firms are increasingly creating international teams, pushing for gender and racial balance, and advancing LGBTQ equality. That’s why leading scholars from ten of the top business schools in the world—including INSEAD, Columbia Business School, NYU Stern, and Harvard Business School—came together to have an in-depth conversation around the importance of diversity in management education.
Continue reading…News Roundup – Georgia Tech Gender Parity Achievement, and More
Let’s take a look at some of the biggest stories from this week, including Georgia Tech gender parity achievements at the Scheller College of Business.
Georgia Tech Scheller College’s Executive MBA Celebrates Gender Parity Student Enrollment – Scheller College of Business News & Events
The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business recently announced that its Executive MBA (EMBA) program is now the first nationally-ranked business schools to achieve full gender parity.
Associate Dean of MBA Programs, Brian Jennings, says:
“Our ongoing strategic focus on diversity and inclusion is making a true difference. We whole-heartedly believe a diversified cohort enhances the MBA experience for all, as each student enriches the classroom with their unique experiences, expertise, insights, and participation … This is a proud moment for all of us here at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business.”
“Our ongoing strategic focus on diversity and inclusion is making a true difference. We whole-heartedly believe a diversified cohort enhances the MBA experience for all, as each student enriches the classroom with their unique experiences, expertise, insights, and participation … This is a proud moment for all of us here at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business.”
While the majority of leading MBA and EMBA programs strive for gender parity, it is still long in the future for many. Wharton and Tuck School of Business have both enrolled 44 percent female students in the Class of 2019 MBA class, and Yale SOM and Michigan Ross have enrolled 43 percent. USC Marshall has previously reported gender parity in its MBA classes.
For more on Scheller’s Class of 2019, read here.
Assistant Professor David Drake Receives the 2018 Page Prize for Excellence in Business Sustainability Education – University of Colorado Leeds School of Business
David Drake, Leeds School of Business’ Assistant Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Operations recently won the Page Prize for Excellence in Business Sustainability Education.
Drake was joined by his colleagues Andre Calmon and Jackie Stenson of INSEAD in teaching the award winning course, “Building a Sustainable Future: Business Model Innovation as a Force for Good.”
The course trains MBAs in using a curriculum based strongly in a framework of the UN’s Sustainability Guidelines. Three main outcomes are presented as goals in the course: problem framing and design thinking; value chain management; and risk and cost analysis and management. For more on Drake, his colleagues, and the course, read here.
Rutgers Master’s in Governmental Accounting Ranked No. 2 Online Accounting Master’s in the U.S. – Rutgers Business School News
Educational ranking website College Consensus recently surveyed 600 schools across the country focusing on affordability, convenience and reputation, and ranked Rutgers Business School second overall for its online accounting master’s program.
Irfan Bora, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Master’s in Governmental Accounting, says of the placement:
“College Consensus examined three important factors that students consider beyond academic rigor, accreditation and career advancement, in which the Rutgers Business School Master’s in Governmental Accounting has excelled for 25 years … The first and only internationally recognized, interdisciplinary, fully online Master’s in Governmental Accounting is tailored for the working professional to earn an advanced accounting degree anywhere, anytime.”
For the full rankings, read here.
Peter Rossi Receives 2019 ISMS Fellow Award – UCLA Anderson News
The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) has honored UCLA Anderson’s Peter E. Rossi, Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Economics and Statistics, its 2019 Fellow Award. He is joined by J. Miguel Villas-Boss of Berkeley Haas in receiving the award.
Rossi says, “I regard it as an affirmation of what I’ve tried to do my whole career—to influence other marketing researchers, both in academia and in industry … My goal my entire life as an academic has been to have an impact on things that matter in marketing and also on the practice of marketing.”
Rossi’s specialties are targeting marketing and hierarchical choice models. The book that he co-authored, Bayesian Statistics and Marketing, is an important tool for marketing researchers in applying advanced data analysis and studies of consumer behavior.
For more on Rossi and on the ISMS Award, read here.
Top 5 Paying MBA Careers: Consulting
Consulting still is one of the top career choices for MBA graduates. Part of the reason is because consulting firms are very open to recruiting MBAs from a wide range of backgrounds.
According to the 2018 Prospective Student Survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), consulting is the most sought-after postgraduate industry. An estimated 34 percent of applicants consider consulting their career of choice.
Salary is a crucial factor in that choice. Although consulting salaries depend on a lot of factors—time, location, office, and position, to name a few—the pay is relatively high across the board.
Below, we’ll break down the highest paying jobs in consulting, where to work to earn the most money, what MBA programs are best for the career, and the top companies to work for. Continue reading…
By the Numbers: The World’s Most Valuable MBA
There are many different ways to define “lucrative”—so when trying to find the world’s most valuable MBA degree, there are a few different metrics you can use to draw a conclusion. Lucky for us, the new Financial Times global MBA ranking manages to list the world’s top MBA programs in (almost) every way imaginable, including highest weighted salary, salary increase, and value for money. Sounds lucrative to me! Continue reading…
