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Many Succeed in Business School Without Really Trying

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:03:37 CDT

A senior accounting major at one Virginia university only goes to class to take tests or give presentations. On weeks he doesn't have a test, he may not crack open a textbook. If he has a take-home test, he can usually Google the answers. In a typical day, he says,...

McDonald's to Offer McDegree

Nick McMaster — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:35:05 CST

University of ... McDonald's? Well, not quite. But the fast-food chain now offers a proprietary degree in business management to its UK employees, the BBC reports. The 2-year degree program is accredited by Manchester Metropolitan University and similar to the university's management development program, but has been modified so that it...

The Business Genius of the Grateful Dead

Harry Kimball — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:10:00 CDT

Barry Barnes saw the Grateful Dead 194 times during the band's 30-year-long run, which ended when Jerry Garcia died, in 1995. But his passion hasn't died, and Barnes, now a business school professor, uses the Dead as a case study in what he calls "strategic improvisation" and very early social...

US Business School Grads Seek Work Abroad

Rob Quinn — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:21:00 CST

Exports of American business school graduates are soaring as the recession turns grads away from the traditional path to Wall Street. Taking a post abroad generally means a lower salary, but grads from some of the country's top business schools say the career boost from working in thriving foreign economies...

Business Grads Promise a More Ethical Future

Rob Quinn — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:37:48 CDT

The next generation of business school grads may change the face of finance for the better, the New York Times reports. MBA programs across the country are seeing an explosion of interest in ethics courses, and at Harvard Business School a full 20% of this year's grads have signed a...

MBA Programs Face Their Role in Financial Crisis

Nick McMaster — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:50:02 CDT

Executives have taken a lot of blame for the financial crisis, whether for focusing on short-term gains in stock price or placing too much faith in ultra-complex financial instruments, writes Bradford Plumer for the New Republic . But what about the business schools that taught them to manage that way in...

Economic Crisis Wallops Business Grads

Kristina Loew — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:37:00 CST

With the financial world in free-fall, recent business-school graduates are finding fewer jobs and fierce competition for the ones that remain, Business Week reports. “A lot of the factors affecting my future employment are out of my hands,” said one MBA student preparing to hunt for a job in an...

Univ. of Chicago Biz School Banks $300M

Peter Fearon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:46:14 CST

An alumnus of the University of Chicago who made a fortune from principles he learned at its graduate business school has donated a no-strings-attached $300 million to the school, reports the Chicago Tribune . The donation, by Dimensional Fund Advisors founder David G. Booth, is the largest ever to a business...

B-Schools Use Palm Scans to Catch Cheats

Dustin Lushing — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:58:14 CDT

In an effort to foil cheaters, top American business schools will require a high-tech identity check of applicants taking the standardized admissions test, reports the Wall Street Journal . The crackdown on the use of paid impostors will require GMAT takers to undergo a "palm vein" scan, which is unique to...