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Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business. Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business is adding an online professional MBA to its portfolio. Early action application deadline is October 13 with a Round 1 deadline of January 5, 2026.  Total cost will be $63,000, pending board approval, and the first cohort will begin next fall.…

A new analysis from Stanford professor Ilya Strebulaev reveals a major gap between traditional academic rankings and real-world entrepreneurial outcomes — and no school illustrates that gap better than the one Strebulaev calls home. Stanford ranks No. 1 in the United States for producing unicorn founders, with 296 alumni behind privately held startups valued at…

Students in the elite Wharton EMBA program say they are being graded by AI. “There’s a difference between constructive AI integration and invisible automation,” one student says. “Right now, it’s the latter” Editor’s note: First of two articles. The second will be published Tuesday, September 23. It started with a pattern. Writing assignments came back…

In a sweeping move that has stunned employers, immigrants, and universities alike, President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a $100,000 annual fee on H‑1B visa applications — an extraordinary escalation in costs for companies seeking to hire high-skilled foreign talent. The new rule, which takes effect September 21, 2025, also prohibits entry of…

Arthur Fordham of AcouBatt pitches their “battery listening” startup at the INNOVA Europe 2025 Grand Finale at ESMT Berlin, as teammate Chris Xu (at right) looks on. The duo won the Rising Stars category and €20,000 for their technology that uses acoustic sensors and machine learning to hear what batteries are saying to help manufacturers…

At Cornell, a student-authored diversity memo has become the latest flashpoint in the national debate over DEI and career access A set of peer-driven guidelines urging some MBA students at Cornell University to reconsider attending identity-based recruiting conferences has sparked campus debate — and, potentially, national controversy. What began as an internal message from the…

2013 HBS MBA Vladimir Artamonov has been arrested and indicted in federal court on fraud and other charges Vladimir Artamonov, a 2013 graduate of Harvard Business School, has been indicted in federal court for allegedly defrauding classmates and other investors out of more than $4 million, according to reports in multiple news outlets. Artamonov was…

Talking straight numbers, which MBA program has produced the most founders over the last decade? According to PitchBook’s latest ranking, the school at the top of the list is the same as last year: Harvard Business School with a founder count of 1,906. Those MBA entrepreneurs, in turn, created 1,757 companies that raised more than…

The payoff from a U.S. MBA has slipped again. A new analysis by Bloomberg shows that the degree’s return on investment fell this year as costs rose faster than salary gains — and the edge MBAs enjoy over non-MBAs continued to narrow. According to Bloomberg’s latest update of its Business School ROI Calculator, which draws…

Stayer Center. Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business has introduced an MBA Deferred Admission Program aimed at students who see an MBA in their future but aren’t ready to enroll right away. The program is open to college seniors and recent graduates with limited work experience. Admitted students…