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Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University Tepper School of Business Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou is stepping down from her job at the end of her first term on July 1 of next year. She expects to return to the faculty full-time as a professor of finance. Carnegie Mellon University has…

The number of international students arriving in the United States this August fell by 19% compared to the same time last year, according to newly released federal data from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The preliminary numbers, published through the I-94 International Visitor Arrivals Program on trade.gov, show that just over 313,000 student visa holders…

Too easy. Too hard. A two-year vacation. 11 months of hell. You hear both slants when it comes to business school. To some, MBAs take a page out of Animal House: a series of blowout bashes and hair-raising hijinks – interspersed with moments of lounging on the beach and galavanting across the globe. To others,…

Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management has released its 2025 Most Fundable Companies list Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School has announced the 15 winners of its 2025 Most Fundable Companies list, a national competition that recognizes promising U.S.-based startups with strong investment potential. Now in its eighth year, the program evaluated more than 2,300…

Students in an AI elective course at Haas. The school has launched a new certificate program in AI, and plans a flagship course for the program in 2026. Noah Berger photo Berkeley Haas is betting big on artificial intelligence — not just as a technology, but as a fundamental shift in how future leaders think,…

SP Jain students visit Deliveroo. Courtesy photo In an era defined by rapid technological disruption and shifting employer expectations, universities are under pressure to evolve. At the SP Jain London School of Global Management, they’ve done just that. Gaurav Jain, the Director of Business Developments, believes the answer lies in agility, global immersion, and a…

Diego del Alcázar, CEO of IE University at its new New York City college in SoHo On a quiet street in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, a Spanish university is doing what no other institution in higher education would dare right now. IE University, based in Madrid, has opened up a new graduate school largely for…

Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business campus Stanford University has topped Wall Street Journal/College Pulse’s 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S ranking for the first time since 2017, rising two spots from last year’s list.  Babson College retained its No. 2 spot, while Yale University rose one spot to No. 3. The ranking, released today…

A new global report on student satisfaction reveals a widening divide between online and on-campus learners, with virtual programs scoring significantly higher on key experience metrics — even as overall satisfaction dips in several critical categories, including student diversity and campus life. The Global Student Satisfaction Awards 2025, released this week by Studyportals, draws on…

Professor Tiago Ferreira teaches an MBA class at Porto Business School in Portugal. He is a university lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation at ESEP and the Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Courtesy photo José Esteves studied artificial intelligence long before it became the latest business school staple. Trained as an informatic engineer, he’s worked in…