Search Results for: EMBA Spotlight (72 results found)

Why Alum Diane Sevigny Chose To Pursue An EMBA At Concordia (NEWS)

By: Meghan Marrin | Last Updated: November 6, 2023

The John Molson School of Business EMBA at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, is an intimate, global program that is known for having a collaborative environment, with a healthy dose of competition among the students. The B-school is situated in the second largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris. Tailored for those with an…

Pioneering Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Turns 25 (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: August 30, 2023

The Kellogg-HKUST pioneering executive MBA is celebrating its 25th anniversary. A partnership between Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School, the program has ranked first in the Financial Times’ ranking of global EMBA programs 11 times, including in its 2022 ranking.   “The program has…

Exec Ed Roundup: HEC Paris Tops 2023 QS Ranking For Executive MBAs (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: August 11, 2023

MCCOMBS DEAN RECEIVES OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTING EDUCATOR AWARD Lillian Mills, dean of University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business, received the prestigious 2023 Outstanding Accounting Educator award from the American Accounting Association on August 8. Mills chaired the accounting department for four years before becoming the first woman to be named permanent dean of…

EMBA Spotlight: After Pandemic Pause, Wisconsin School Of Business Launches New Hybrid Executive MBA (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: November 28, 2023

For most of her early career, Pamela Petz found herself in small business leadership roles. She took on projects, extra training, and any leadership responsibilities she could get her hands on. She joined Great Wolf Lodge, an indoor water park in Baraboo, Wisconsin in 2019, starting as a corporate training manager. Though she was promoted…

University of Wisconsin–Madison Launches Redesigned Hybrid Executive MBA Program

Wisconsin–Madison Launches Redesigned Hybrid Executive MBA Program (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: July 27, 2023

The Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is set to introduce a revamped executive MBA program in Fall 2024, offering a unique focus on developing effective communication skills for confident leaders. The 18-month program will be delivered half in person and half online, according to a release. Total cost is $86,400 plus…

Exec Ed Roundup: UCL Global Business For Health Taps WHO Advisor (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: June 29, 2023

UCL GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL FOR HEALTH RECRUITS FORMER WHO ADVISOR UCL Global Business School for Health (GBSH) has recruited Dr. Kabir Sheikh, former policy advisor for the World Health Organisation (WHO), as Professor of Global Health Systems and Policy. Sheikh is a public health and health systems specialist committed to building stronger, more equitable health…

Yale School Of Management Expands Its Top-Ranked EMBA Program (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: June 14, 2023

Yale School of Management is adding a fourth study option to its MBA for Executives program, offering a broad leadership track to students entering in 2024, the school announced this week. Yale SOM traditionally offered its EMBAs three specialized focus areas: asset management, healthcare, and sustainability. The new leadership option will offer students more flexibility.…

2022 Student EMBAC Survey: Higher Pay, More Promotions After Graduation

2022 Student EMBAC Survey: Higher Pay, More Promotions After Graduation (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: April 10, 2023

Even before getting to the classroom, prospective Executive MBA students should do a little math. On one side of the ROI equation, you have the average cost of a U.S. EMBA: $126,517, according to the cost data from the 61 programs Poets&Quants For Execs ranked this year. That's up 2.5% from the year prior, and…

INSEAD Launches Another First For Exec Ed (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: March 14, 2023

INSEAD, a business school known for its innovation, last week launched another pioneering move in the reinvention of lifelong learning: a first-of-its-kind subscription-based mobile app called INSEAD Learning Hub. The platform combines video and online content; live discussions, events, and speakers; community building; and eventually credentials in one all-inclusive app. It’s yet another first for…

2022 Student EMBAC Survey: Higher Pay, More Promotions After Graduation

2022 Student EMBAC Survey: Higher Pay, More Promotions After Graduation (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: March 13, 2023

Even before getting to the classroom, prospective Executive MBA students should do a little math. On one side of the ROI equation, you have the average cost of a U.S. EMBA: $126,517, according to the cost data from the 61 programs Poets&Quants For Execs ranked this year. That's up 2.5% from the year prior, and…

Exec Ed Roundup: News From Europe (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: March 9, 2023

NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL UNVEILS STRATEGIC PLAN NEOMA Business School in France unveiled a new 2023-2027 strategic plan, “Engage for the Future,” that calls for a 40% growth in budget and 250% increase in the number of applicants. “We are proud of several major achievements, such as the expansion of our research, the substantial increase in…

Q&A: NYU Stern's Johannes Stroebel Wins Prestigious Fischer Black Prize For Financial Research With Impact

The P&Q Interview: NYU Stern’s Johannes Stroebel, Winner Of The Fischer Black Prize For Financial Research With Impact (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: January 26, 2023

Johannes Stroebel wasn’t planning to attend the annual meeting of the American Finance Association earlier this month. While he usually goes every year he’s in the U.S., the NYU Stern School of Business finance professor was on sabbatical this year in Europe with his family. They had booked a week of skiing. Then he got…

Sloan Fellows: An Elite Mid-Career Degree At 3 World Class B-Schools (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: January 19, 2023

Every morning, on his way to class in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Taiwo Ajetunmobi walks by a little park in Kendall Square. He passes a statue there inscribed with seven words: “Most innovative square mile on the planet.” An executive with a love of technology and a mission to build up emerging economies like his home country…

How The Kellogg EMBA Is Helping This Latin American Entrepreneur Accelerate His Business

Kellogg Announces 3 Major Changes To Its EMBA (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: November 16, 2022

With its formation of its global partnerships more than two decades ago and “pop-up” electives in cities like Lisbon, London, Singapore, and San Francisco that combined asynchronous and in-person sessions years before the pandemic, Kellogg School of Management has long been an innovator of the Executive MBA. The business school at Northwestern University recently announced…

NYU Stern’s Washington, D.C. EMBA Enrolls Its 5th Cohort (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 18, 2022

In 2017, when New York University’s Stern School of Business was preparing to launch a new Executive MBA in Washington, D.C., Fabrice Coles was just the type of professional the school hoped to target. Coles was a busy D.C. lawyer with a growing family of three small children. He worked for congressmen and senators, advised…

A Decade After Its Split With Columbia, An EMBA That Is Uniquely Haas (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: September 27, 2022

For Richard Golfin III, the journey to a UC Berkeley Haas EMBA began with a mistake. As chief compliance and privacy officer and head of legal affairs at Alameda Alliance for Health, Golfin managed a large staff and had a demanding schedule. He needed an executive MBA program that would allow him to both show…

Total Cost At P&Q’s 2022-2023 Top-Ranked Executive MBAs (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 16, 2022

A reality check: If you’re thinking about an executive MBA, you’re looking at a heft investment. Even the least expensive programs from our latest EMBA ranking of the best U.S. programs will set you back at least $50,000. For the prestige of a premier program, and all the perks that come with it, you’re looking…

2019 Best EMBAs: Nancy Mehan, Georgetown University (McDonough) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 2, 2019

Nancy Mehan    Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business “I am a mother and a physician. I am ambitious and excited to change the world.” Age: 40 Hometown: Great Falls, VA Fun fact about yourself: I’m working on my black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Almost there! Undergraduate School and Degree: Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor…

Firms Fill EMBA Gap After China Crackdown (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: October 2, 2019

To understand the problem facing Chinese business school executive MBA programs, look no further than guanxi. The word describes relationships in the political and business spheres, and if that were all it meant, it might not be an issue in the EMBA programs. But guanxi is not mere networking - it’s networking with benefits, with…

UC Berkeley Rolls Out Revamped EMBA (NEWS)

By: Lauren Everitt | Last Updated: April 24, 2013

It's not very often that a top-tier business school gets an opportunity to overhaul its curriculum, design new courses, scrub a few others and rebrand itself, but that's exactly what's happened when University of California Berkeley-Haas parted ways with Columbia Business School to end the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program in February 2012. The split resulted…

May 7, 2021 (CALENDAR)

By: emilyvillavicencio | Last Updated: April 7, 2021

Cornell EMBA In Healthcare Application Tips Webinar Join Cornell University's SC Johnson and connect with the Senior Director of Admissions, Sara Lynn Ianni, for a brief program overview followed by a spotlight on application tips with a Q&A.

October 20, 2018 (CALENDAR)

By: dgutierrez | Last Updated: October 1, 2018

CBS Special Event: Spotlight On EMBA Academics Spotlight On EMBA Academics will focus on the academic curriculum and experience in the Executive MBA Programs. This on-campus event will feature Felicia Goodman, Director of Academic and Student Affairs for the Executive MBA, and a panel of alumni sharing their insights.

December 13, 2017 (CALENDAR)

By: Events | Last Updated: December 5, 2017

INSEAD EMBA Online Information Session: Spotlight on North America Join this online webinar to learn more about INSEAD EMBA for North American applicants. Attendees will hear the testimonials of alumnae from that region who will share the impact of the programme on their careers, how to manage the travelling to the modules, and get the…

February 18, 2017 (CALENDAR)

By: Events | Last Updated: February 11, 2017

The EMBA Special Event series offers a chance to gain an insider's perspective on academics and student life at Columbia Business School. These on-campus panels will give prospective students an in-depth look at particular aspects of the Executive MBA experience. Spotlight On Sponsorship & Financial Aid will call on Columbia alumni to discuss how they…