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A new survey of MBA graduates suggests the biggest cost of the degree may not be tuition, but timing. In a study of 463 alumni released by Concordia University, St. Paul, a private university in St. Paul, Minnesota, nearly a third of respondents who delayed enrollment say they are now losing at least $20,000 annually…

If universities are society’s equalizers, then business schools are its accelerators. Just ask Michael Autery, a second-year MBA student at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Here, Autery found the resources to test his idea and a community to build his venture. In his Entrepreneurship 101 course, he tapped into his background as an ocean engineer…

  Oxford University’s Saïd Business School finished first in QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2026  QS Executive MBA Rankings for the third straight year. It’s a three-peat for Oxford University’s Saïd Business School.   QS Quacquarelli Symonds released its 2026  QS Executive MBA Rankings this week (April 29),  and Oxford Saïd ranked No. 1 for the third straight year.    The QS ranking evaluated…

Stanford University front entrance. (Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service) In our new AI-centered class at the GSB, we’re experimenting on how to build AI agents that represent us. Here’s what we’ve learned so far. Thirty Stanford students sit at their laptops in a row of long tables, watching the screen at the front…

Last year’s inaugural Global Youth Climate Summit. Courtesy photo. At this moment, institutions everywhere are trying to navigate how to meaningfully engage young people in climate action initiatives. In England, Oxford Saïd’s Business School has created a summit that is bringing together the global climate action community to showcase projects that are both far reaching…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…