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Health Care: Rx for MBA Job Blues

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:47:00 EST - Health care is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal job picture for b-school grads, and reform, if it happens, has the potential to make it brighter still

MBA Job Outlook Improving

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:35:23 EST - Recruiters are skittish and the job market is more competitive than ever, but career services directors say 2010 may be the year of the turnaround

A Modern B-School—in Tehran

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:32:00 EST - Iranian executives figure their homeland needs some good MBAs

Making the Most of Year Two

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:13:00 EST - "We come to second year with a battle wound or two and the knowledge that even though things might not happen the way we imagined, in the end it all works out"

Chat Transcript: Kellogg Admissions

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:55:10 EST - Kellogg's Beth Flye and Carla Edelston field questions on the ins and outs of the application process at the top-ranked school, financing an MBA, and job placement

Executive MBAs: A Conversation Starter

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:48:48 EST - "I've had conversations about my MBA program on airplanes, in hotel lobbies, in airports, and doctors' waiting rooms"

Taking Business School in Stride

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:56:23 EST - "I have classes only two days per week, but there is always something going on. … Most days I don't leave campus until after 8 p.m."

New from the MIT Sloan School of Management

News and feature stories from the MIT Sloan School of Management

Faculty News Briefs - Winter 2010

News Briefs offers you timely leads about research and other work by MIT Sloan faculty that can help you with stories you are developing now -- or might be developing in the future. This month: Rening Chen and SEC disclosures, Erik Brynjolfsson and IT, and Josh Ackerman and dating.

MIT Sloan professor to illustrate climate change consequences of Copenhagen proposals with computer simulation

C-ROADS simulation model to immediately show long-term climate implications of proposals to the United Nations negotiations in Denmark

Global study reveals major disconnect between corporate leaders' concern about the impact of sustainability on their business and the actions they are taking

More than 70 Percent of executives say their company has not developed a clear business case for addressing sustainability, according to a study by MIT Sloan Management Review, in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

New book by MIT Sloan researchers helps managers boost margins with technology

As IT spending increases and virtually every business interaction becomes increasingly digitized, new levels of IT savvy will be required for all managers -- both IT and non-IT -- to transform firms' technology into a strategic asset that boosts margins, according to MIT Sloan researchers.

New MBA grads looking at alternative careers

As anyone from the MIT Sloan School of Management Class of 2009 will tell you, looking for work this spring has been no picnic.

MIT Announces Leaders for Global Operations Program

The MIT Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) program announces its new name: Leaders for Global Operations (LGO).

Going Beyond the Fun in Games: The MIT Sloan Business in Gaming Conference

MIT Sloan held its inaugural Business in Gaming Conference (BIG) on May 8, 2009. Highlighting current transformations and trends in the gaming industry, the conference featured panels covering topics like serious games, in-game advertising, digital distribution, and massively multiplayer online (MMO) business models.

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Bradford chooses dean with corporate credentials

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:58:34 +0000 - Former Shell executive quits Bath University to become one of the UK's few women deans

The business of sport

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:00:53 +0000 - Sports management programmes are few and far between at top business schools

Winning the sustainability game

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:00:53 +0000 - Sauder School of Business students have worked with the Winter Olympics' committee

Grenoble opens Manchester programme

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:09:06 +0000 - Market for masters programmes in the UK continues to grow as French business school extends its reach

Paris EMBA for media industry

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:05:35 +0000 - Reims and Rouen target advertising and communications giants for their latest joint degree

Deutsche Bank funds Chicago Booth events

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:16:10 +0000 - Both MBA and doctoral students will benefit for speaker events and conferences on financial regulation

Lviv aims for ethics and expertise

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:36:44 +0000 - The school hopes to inculcate Ukraine's managers with an ethical approach

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MBA Job Outlook Improving (BusinessWeek via Yahoo! News)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:08:42 GMT - This year's class of MBAs arrived on campus in September expecting a challenging fall recruiting season and now many are bracing themselves for an even tougher spring ahead. One of them is Aashini Shah, an MBA student looking for a job in the entertainment industry, who is feeling the pressure because most movie studios and entertainment companies don't hire until the spring. To get an edge, she ...

Jindal sets up B-school; specialised schools to follow (Business Standard India)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:47:21 GMT - Haryana-based O P Jindal Global University (JGU), floated by the Jindal Group, has launched a B-school that will commence operations from August this year when a full-time MBA programme will be rolled out. The Jindal Global Business School (JGBS) is situated on the 54-acre fully residential JGU campus and will enroll 120 students in the MBA programme.

Variety of SSC classes start in February (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:35:02 GMT -  SOUTH HOLLAND | South Suburban College is still takingregistration for spring classes. SSC's Office of ContinuingEducation offers a variety of noncredit courses throughout thesemester with registration open right up to the start of class.

Most New MBAs Find Jobs Shortly After Earning Degrees, GMAC Survey Finds (Marketwire)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:44:31 GMT - MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwire - February 4, 2010) - Even as job-seekers at all levels continue to struggle with a tight labor market, the majority of people who earned an MBA or other graduate management degree in 2009 were employed within a few months of finishing school, according to a new report from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).

Most New MBAs Find Jobs Shortly After Earning Degrees, GMAC Survey Finds (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:35:00 GMT - MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwire - 02/04/10) - Even as job-seekers at all levels continue to struggle with a tight labor market, the majority of people who earned an MBA or other graduate management degree in 2009 were employed within a few months of finishing school, according to a new report from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). Three-quarters of business school graduates who earned ...

Chat Transcript: Kellogg Admissions (BusinessWeek via Yahoo! News)

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:08:42 GMT - Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management (Kellogg Full-Time MBA Profile), which BusinessWeek ranked No.3 in its 2008 ranking of best business schools, remains popular with MBA applicants. In 2009, Kellogg admissions accepted 19% of the 5,268 applicants. ...

The MBA Triathlon (BusinessWeek)

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:20:52 GMT - "It's been a year since I submitted my applications and I'm still running "