Archive for September 2018

Harvard Business School’s case method is getting a twenty-first century upgrade. The school announced that it has received a $5 million gift that will go toward creating case studies focused on artificial intelligence. The donation, from Blackstone chairman, CEO and cofounder Stephen Schwarzman, launches the Schwarzman Research Fund, which will be used to support HBS…

MIT’s Sloan School of Management is the latest top business school to release information on its MBA Class of 2020. In releasing its class profile, MIT Sloan highlighted its commitment to building a diverse class, an emphasis it shares with other top B-schools. It said that “students’ diversity both shapes and drives the incredible opportunities…

It’s the end of an era at Columbia Business School. After 15 years on the job, dean Glenn Hubbard will step down in July 2019 and return to teaching. Announcing Hubbard’s departure, Columbia University president Lee Bollinger hailed the dean’s tenure as “an historic period during which Columbia Business School was strengthened on every meaningful…

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has unveiled a profile of its latest MBA cohort. Despite a 7 percent drop in applications this year – from 6,692 to 6,245 – this year’s class is quite similar to last year’s, at least as far as the numbers go. Demographically, the Class of 2020 is almost identical…

University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business is feeling pretty positive about their MBA Class of 2020. Announcing the release of their latest class profile, Ross summarized their thoughts on the situation by declaring that it just keeps getting better and better. That phrase references the paradox of MBA admissions at top schools: as competitive…

Every year, Harvard Business School draws a small but significant portion of its MBA students from the non-profit sector. This year, for example, 8 percent of students gained their pre-MBA work experience in government, education or non-profit. For up to ten of those students, HBS provides a little extra incentive to bring them into its…

How quickly the fortunes of a business school can change. Only a few weeks ago, INSEAD announced that it was suspending its Welcome Week over complaints about hazing. Now the school is unveiling a €40 million donation, the largest in its history. The gift comes from André Hoffman, an alum in the MBA class of…

After a lengthy search for a permanent dean, University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has announced that it has found the person for the job: the economist Ann Harrison. Harrison is currently the William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton…