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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…

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…

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…

A wound-care startup. A boutique food brand. A land management app. A wine label.  These ventures operate in very different industries, but they share a common origin: their founders learned how to build them in Seattle at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.  At Foster, entrepreneurship isn’t treated as a buzzword or a single career path. It’s a discipline students develop through…

Kyle Jensen (right), Shanna and Eric Bass ’05 Director of Entrepreneurial Programs at the Yale School of Management, works with a student. Jensen’s courses increasingly bring business and engineering students together to build AI-powered tools and startups. Walking into Kyle Jensen’s software development course at Yale School of Management, Austin Zheng expected another lecture. Instead, he got a…

A student from LegUp Prosthetics demonstrates a prototype at his team’s booth for judges during the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, where student teams pitched healthcare innovations ranging from medical devices to AI-powered tools. Entrepreneurship often begins with a problem or pain point. For one team…

In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral tool across industries, transforming how businesses operate and make decisions.   “For business schools, equipping students with the skills to effectively and ethically harness AI is no longer optional but essential,” said Nikunj Kapadia, PhD, associate dean of graduate studies at Isenberg School of Management. “As AI reshapes the workplace, the…

At Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, students don’t just study artificial intelligence in the classroom. They build, test, and bring it to life.   Students in the Master of Science in Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence for Business program blend technical depth and business acumen to lead AI-driven transformations. The comprehensive AI-centered curriculum includes advanced courses to prepare students to confidently lead in today’s tech-driven…