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Texas McCombs Expands MD-MBA Pipeline To Houston With New Dual Degree
Texas McCombs’ new Houston campus in the CityCentre district will host its Working Professional MBA program, where M.D./MBA students will take classes as part of the new dual-degree pathway launching in fall 2026. The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business is expanding its reach into health care education with a new dual…
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BREAKING: USC Marshall Dean Under Fire; Faculty Revolt Over ‘Downward Trajectory’
USC, Marshall School Think rankings don’t matter? Many times, their ups-and-downs reflect deeper issues at institutions. That is certainly the case at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business . Two weeks ago, USC Marshall’s Full-Time MBA program lost another spot to finish 25th in the ever-influential U.S. News Ranking. Even more, the…
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The MBAs Who Buy Instead Of Apply
Birk Mitau didn’t come to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management expecting to own multiple companies before graduation. But midway through his first year, he decided not to wait. “I knew I wanted to do something more entrepreneurial,” Mitau tells Poets&Quants. “Business school affords you a little bit more flexibility. I had excess capacity. Why…
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Resilience, Strategy … And Twenty Jobs: A Unique Journey To A U.S. MBA
Felipe Masanés-Didyk in class. The native of Santiago, Chile is pursuing an MBA at Indiana Kelley with a double major in supply chain and business analytics. Courtesy photos Felipe Masanés-Didyk didn’t take the traditional path to business school – and that’s exactly what makes his story so compelling. A member of the soon-to-graduate MBA Class…
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How A Foam Finger Became The Most Famous Object At Indiana Kelley
IU student Jordan Young and Head Football Coach Curt Cignetti with the signed ball he gifted her and her Negotiations class team. Courtesy photo Last week in Bloomington, a Negotiations class at the Indiana Kelley School of Business was in the limelight for an experiment that went beyond what anyone imagined. Kate Christensen, assistant professor…
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IU Opens Kelley School’s GenAI 101 To The Public, Scaling AI Skills Training Globally
Brian Williams, an accounting professor at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, records a lesson for GenAI 101 alongside Crimson, an animated AI co-teacher designed to model how students can question, challenge, and learn from generative AI in real time.[/caption] Indiana University announced last week that its GenAI 101 course — developed by the Kelley…
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Parsing The Data: B-School Candidates Redefine Their Path Forward With New Intentionality
The MBA candidate pool is larger this year and more diverse, says GMAC’s Adam Witwer, head of For more than 15 years, the Graduate Management Admission Council’s annual Prospective Students Survey has been capturing how prospective graduate management education students think. Year after year, these surveys showcase what prospective students value and how they weigh…
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The P&Q Interview: A New Hub In Mumbai, A Bigger Global Play For ESSEC
The Research Green Tower at ESSEC Business School’s Cergy campus, a centerpiece of its Next Generation campus, houses faculty offices, research spaces, and the Metalab for AI and data while showcasing the school’s commitment to sustainability and interdisciplinary innovation. The school is expanding its global footprint with new hubs in cities like Mumbai, New York,…
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The P&Q Interview: Durham Dean Kieran Fernandes On Why Managers Must Think Like Engineers In The Age Of AI
The Waterside Building at Durham University Business School, where Executive Dean Kieran Fernandes is reshaping business education through systems thinking, global expansion, and real-world learning. Kieran Fernandes still thinks like an engineer. Well before becoming executive dean of Durham University Business School in April 2025, Fernandes was designing turbopumps for NASA’s space shuttle program, work…
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Sustainability At ESMT Berlin: Bees & Business Lessons
ESMT Berlin is a place to find both future business leaders and bees. A strange combination, perhaps, but one that encapsulates sustainability at ESMT. Here, faculty prepare students to become changemakers on a global scale. But here too, the school is making change happen at the local level, with initiatives like a bee-friendly campus garden. …
