Learning in the Digital Age Lifelong learning will be the hallmark of the digital age. How can business schools prepare to educate tomorrow's workforce?
YOUR TURN Managing in the Fourth Industrial Age Organizations suffer when b-schools pay too little attention to technology.
YOUR TURN Putting Tech in Perspective Why educators must keep technology’s dehumanizing force in check.
Disruptors of Higher Ed B-Schools Are Building on Blockchain By most accounts, blockchain will revolutionize the way organizations do, well, just about everything. How educators and students are keeping up with the technology’s rapid development—and preparing for its future.
Disruptors of Higher Ed The Sounds of Change for Graduate Management Education Data from GMAC indicates that students are looking for more choices and more innovation in the classroom.
Disruptors of Higher Ed Defying Disruption with Differentiation Rich Lyons of UC Berkeley reviews today’s disruptors to higher education—and tomorrow’s strategies to keep business schools relevant.
MBAs Remain in Global Demand Two surveys from QS Quacquarelli Symonds highlight desirability and ROI of the MBA degree.
Students Make Purpose a Priority More students are defining success as a product of their social impact, not their paychecks.
The Dangers of Romanticizing Leaders Hero-leaders get too much credit for both failures and successes.
Many Fortune 500 Firms Headed by Immigrants More than 40 percent were founded or co-founded by immigrants and children of immigrants.
BOOKSHELF Bookshelf | March / April 2018 View a selection of reviewed books from the March/April 2018 print issue.
Connecting with Industry University of Wisconsin creates customized events for alums at major employers.
Tools of the Trade Tools of the Trade | March / April 2018 New mobile game entertains users while providing insights to behavioral scientists.
Exit Boomers, Enter Millennials Clemson undergraduates study the factors that facilitate the transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next in the workplace.
Not Your Typical Ad Campaign Ryerson University’s “Not An Old Boy” campaign highlights its nontraditional students.
The Cybersecurity Game Florida State University turns to a scavenger hunt to teach students and staff about online security risks.
People & Places Honors and Awards Nicole Tee, director of graduate studies at Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, received the 2017 Bud Fackler Service Award from the Executive MBA Council (EMBAC) in October at its annual conference. ...View all
People & Places New Programs Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights began offering an accelerated online MBA in January. ...View all
People & Places Diversifying the STEM Pool NSF grant helps researchers identify the STEM teaching methods that bring in low-income students.
People & Places Collaborations Grenoble Ecole de Management in France has partnered with the Glion Institute of Higher Education, a hotel management school in Montreux, Switzerland, to offer a dual MBA/MSc in international hospitality. ...View all
People & Places Gifts and Donations The University of San Diego in California has received a leadership gift of US$20 million from former Clorox CEO Donald Knauss and his wife, Ellie. ...View all
People & Places Transitions Soumitra Dutta has stepped down as dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. ...View all
People & Places Promoting the Rise of Smart Cities Business schools, businesses, and city governments coordinate their efforts to create urban meccas for digitalization.
Soft Skills Matter: In Business School and Beyond Measuring soft skills in a standardized way provides business schools with vital information to drive success for businesses and future business leaders.
Bringing Social Impact and Sustainability Goals Into the Curriculum As young people challenge accepted business practices and take leadership into their own hands, business schools are beginning to adapt to shifting student expectations.
Digital Transformation: Mind the Gap How can business schools prepare future leaders for digital transformation? By teaching them to develop a mindset that encourages critical thinking about change and technology.