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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…

It’s the beginning of a new academic year, which means not just a new cohort of students, but an influx of new faculty talent. University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business is one school that has been busy hiring professors, welcoming seven new faculty members to campus this year. Like many top business schools, Darden…

Earlier this year, USC’s Marshall School of Business became the first major U.S. business school to enroll a class with as many women as men. Now, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management continues 2018’s trend of progress toward gender parity in the world of top B-schools, announcing that 46 percent of its newest MBA cohort…

For 35 years, Welcome Week has been a rite of passage for incoming students at INSEAD. Now, that tradition is coming under close scrutiny following official complaints filed with the Comité National Contre le Bizutage (CNCB), also known as the French National Committee Against Hazing. With the CNCB initiating an investigation, INSEAD has announced that…

New York University’s Stern School of Business has become one of the first prominent U.S. business schools to release data on its full-time MBA Class of 2020. Admission to Stern’s MBA program remains competitive, with 23 percent of candidates landing a spot in the class. Overall, Stern received 3,781 applications and sent out 876 offers…

Earlier this year, we wrote about how gender parity has been an elusive goal at top business schools in the United States. While some less prominent MBA programs have enrolled classes with 50 percent women, higher-ranked programs have generally failed to get their percentages past the low-to-mid 40s. Recently, however, University of Southern California’s Marshall…

Last month, University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business announced that it was naming an interim dean while it extended its search for a new permanent dean. Now, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management is joining Haas in concluding that it apparently won’t have a permanent dean in place by the time its current…

IMD has announced the winners in the “special edition” of its 2018/2019 Startup Competition. The ventures will now begin collaborating with members of IMD’s Executive MBA class, culminating in a trip to Silicon Valley to pitch for funding. IMD launched its Startup Competition in 1998 and has since seen 400 ventures pass through the program.…