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Cornell University has no shortage of programs aimed at preparing MBA students for competitive careers. At the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, one of the newest efforts targets a familiar outcome with a more deliberate design: consulting. When Chris Bordoni returned to Ithaca as a senior lecturer and management consulting lead, he saw…

Students participate in a sustainability consulting workshop at the Leeds School of Business’ Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at the University of Colorado Boulder. The school will launch a new nine-month Master of Science in Sustainable Business in fall 2026. University of Colorado Boulder is launching a new nine-month, standalone Master of Science in…

New GMAC data shows U.S. business schools are losing ground with global candidates as prospective students demand proof of ROI over promises of transformation Every year, the GMAC Prospective Students Survey confirms some things the graduate management education world already suspected and complicates a few others. This year’s edition – based on responses from 4,253…

Each spring at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, one classroom shifts from traditional lectures to something far more imaginative. Instead of relying solely on case studies, students analyze the year’s standout films – and the messages they offer about what it means to be a great leader. Over the past four years, McDonough professor Bob…

For the eighth time in 10 years, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School has topped Poets&Quants’ ranking of Best Undergraduate Business Schools. Wharton remains the most dominant undergraduate program since we’ve been ranking them. The Philadelphia school, which enrolls more than 2,300 undergrad business majors per year, has claimed the No. 1 spot in all but…

What do Generation Z B-school students and prospective students want? The latest GMAC survey has some answers, but it also raises more questions The prospective business school candidate of 2026 is not the MBA applicant of a decade ago. They’re less interested in reinventing themselves and more focused on protecting what they’ve already built. They’re…

Lily Bi, president and CEO of AACSB International, delivers a keynote address at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. For 110 years, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business has been the gold standard of business school accreditation around the world. But the organization that once defined the rules of management education now faces the…

American universities have been struggling over the past couple of years with three mounting crises – the long-anticipated demographic cliff, cuts to federal research funding, and growing doubts about the value of higher ed. Now, a fourth crisis is blowing up application portals.  Last year, applications from international students declined modestly – a warning sign…

A startup is often rooted in something deeply personal. That was the case for Jiaxin Zhang, an entrepreneur and 2025 MBA graduate of Columbia Business School. Growing up as an immigrant, Zhang endured ridicule for her struggles with English. She wasn’t alone. Her co-founder Jonathan Shi, a PhD AI researcher, suffered from a disorder that…

June 20, 2024; Ethan Springfield ’24 is commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marines in a ceremony at the Basilica east door. (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame) Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business is preparing to launch one of the country’s most comprehensive financial support programs for military MBA students. It’s called the…