»April 30, 2007: MBA Potpourri: Fuqua, Tuck, Yale, and Wharton
It s been an interesting week in MBA-dom. Both good and bad. Let s get the bad out of the way: Duke University s Fuqua School of Business found that 34 first-year M.B.A. students cheated according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education. According to the article, Fuqua s Judicial Board found 33 students guilty of inappropriate collaboration on a take-home test and one guilty of lying... ... (MORE)
»April 25, 2007: MBA News of Note: MIT, Chicago, MBA Admissions Telethon
MBA admissions news of note: The MIT Waitlist Chat Transcript is now online. Jen Burke, MIT s waitlist manager, responded to a barrage of questions during the hour-plus chat. Chicago s ChiBus has another admit weekend issue with tons of information for new students ... and applicants wanting to get a better sense of the school before applying next year.The Boston Globe discusses MIT Sloan s s... ... (MORE)
»April 18, 2007: B-School Bulletins
Just a couple of items of note, this week:CNNMoney/Fortune reports what it thinks is a new trend towards teaching "soft skills" at top business schools. I believe it is a trend that has perhaps gained steam or occasionally changed emphasis over the last several decades, but is not really new. "The Trouble with MBA s" cites examples of top business schools, like Wharton, Chi... ... (MORE)
