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Incoming MBA students are introduced to the Kelley Direct program during Kelley on Campus in-person residency at the beginning of the program. This is the fourth time The Kelley Direct Online MBA has topped P&Q’s ranking of the Best Online MBA Programs in the U.S. Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business has done it again. The…

A Michigan Ross online MBA student presents to Subaru during her team’s MAP Project. Courtesy photo Who better to judge the quality of an online MBA that the students who actually went through it? That’s why alumni feedback remains a cornerstone of Poets&Quants’ annual ranking of the Best Online MBA Programs in the U.S. 2026’s…

Before he was a distinguished business school professor, Euvin Naidoo was a distinguished banker, holding senior leadership roles at two global pan-African banks. He was also a partner and managing director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), co-leading Banking, Insurance, and Public Sector practices for the continent. Three moments led him to the classroom. The first…

Tell me a story. You can almost picture Mad Men’s Don Draper delivering a client pitch. Whether he was trading in tobacco or chocolate, Draper would reel off a story. Depending on the value proposition, he would play to the comforts of nostalgia or the power of identity by turning clients into the mothers and…

For a long list of extraordinary achievements during his six years in the job. UVA Darden Dean Scott Beardsley is the Dean of the Year for 2020 The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors today (Dec. 19) named Darden School of Business Dean Scott Beardsley the university’s new president, effective Jan. 1. He was unanimously…

Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda at the University of Virginia n a year marked by turmoil and outside pressures directed at the University of Virginia, the appointment of Scott C. Beardsley as UVA’s 10th president should be a moment for unity — not political posturing. On December 19, UVA’s Board of Visitors unanimously selected Beardsley, the long-serving…

MBA enrollment declined 6% over the past five years, while applications to master’s-level programs increased 25% during the same period, AACSB reports Graduate business education at AACSB-accredited schools is not shrinking, but it is changing shape. New global enrollment data show a market adjusting to employer needs, demographic shifts, and geopolitical forces – with the…

Erik Gordon, Area Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies and faculty managing director of the Wolverine Venture Fund at Ross School of Business. The student-led venture fund – the first in the country – recently landed its first unicorn exit. Courtesy photo The first time University of Michigan startup HistoSonics approached the student-led Wolverine Venture Fund, the…

Students from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management Let’s start with the numbers: for the MBA Class of 2024, 35 % of graduates accepted roles in consulting, making it by far the largest single industry choice at Kellogg. Even more impressive: those going into consulting had a median base salary of $190,000. For anyone who wants…

When Thomas Lengel sits in a classroom at the Manderson Graduate School of Business, he brings with him more than a notebook and a laptop. He brings years of real-world experience, lessons learned on warehouse floors and in management meetings, and a renewed sense of purpose. Lengel, a Wilmington, Delaware native with deep family ties…