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A little over six months ago I wrote about my lousy mood after the departure of my daughter, son-in-law, and worst of all, one and only grandchild. I m in the same funk now for the very same reason. After a wonderful four-week visit in Los Angeles, where I live, my children had the audacity to return to their faraway home with our grandson.During their all-too-short visit I enjoyed watching our... ... (MORE)

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We are a little behind in posting the chats, but will soon be completely caught up. Sorry for the delay. The most recently posted chat transcripts:Forte Chat Transcript: The MBA Value Proposition for WomenHaas MBA Admissions Chat TranscriptUSC Marshall Admissions Chat Transcript Here is a sample of the dialogue with Haas Admissions director Pete Johnson:Linda Abraham (Sep 29, 2005 10:26:17 AM) ... ... (MORE)

The Aspen Institute and World Resources Institute last week released Beyond Grey Pinstripes, their biannual ranking of MBA programs on criteria related to teaching environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and business ethics. The top 10:1. Stanford, USA 2. ESADE, Spain 3. York (Schulich), Canada 4. ITESM, Mexico 5. Notre Dame (Mendoza), USA 6. George Washington, USA 7. Michigan... ... (MORE)

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Businessweek is going to rank undergraduate business programsstarting with a survey in late 2005 or early 2006. Results according to the announcement by John Byrne, currently executive editor of Businessweek and formerly in charge of the b-school rankings, should be published in Spring 2006.USC s Harry and Linda DeAngelo and the University of Roche... ... (MORE)

In Is There Life After Rankings? Colin Diver, former dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and current president of Reed College, reflects on the tyranny of rankings at Penn and his liberation when he assumed the presidency of Reed, a school that does not participate in rankings. There are some inherent contradictions in this article. He bashes the rankings for their corrupting inf... ... (MORE)

Finally, we have all the recruiter chat transcriptsReferences on line. The individual chat transcripts: Consulting R... ... (MORE)

If you are a US resident and thinking about indulging your wanderlust while pursuing an MBA in Europe, The Wall St. Journal has a brief article you should read: European B-Schools Step Up US Recruiting. You may also want to review some of the chat transcripts from ... (MORE)

Join us for Cornell Chatter, an Accepted.com online chat, on Tuesday October 11, 2005 at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM GMT when Ann Richards, Director of Admissions; Laurie Sedgwick, Asst. Director., International Career Advising; and Lisa Patrick, Financial Aid C ... (MORE)

The rankings sell magazines, provide data, corrupt our youth (or at least their education), and provide me with material for blog posts. Probably all the above is true, but the bit about corrupting our youth is exaggerated. There are much more powerful forces corrupting them than the rankings.

In the past, the following posts discussed the rankings controversy: 

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Please join us on Thursday October 6, 2005 at 10:00 AM ET / 1:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM GMT , for an online admissions chat devoted to the USC Marshall MBA program. Kellee Scott, Associate Director MBA Admissions; Sylvia Leong, Associate Director of MBA Admissions; Nikki Soa ... (MORE)