As a follow-up to our earlier article (UCLA PGP PRO for Executives), we asked students of the program to share their experiences and reviews. The students come from a wide range of backgrounds and have covered several aspects including their rationale, expectations, concerns, classroom experiences, challenges, assignments / exams, favorite professors, practical lessons and more. … Read more
The Indian School of Business has risen as one of the premiere institutes of business education not just in India but around the world. It has been consistently showing up within the top 30 B-Schools on Financial Times’ Global MBA Rankings. Its Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Management has become a truly lucrative education choice … Read more
It is not a revelation that international higher education has increased over the past century. Destinations like the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, are among some of the popular study migration countries (Read Top study abroad countries in the world). Needless to mention, Europe too takes a large slice of the student pie with their … Read more
What’s in a number? And what’s in a grade? Well, it is a quantity to be interpreted as a measure of your intellect. Yes, yes, we know. The system is not always fair. Your grades, for your mental capacity in those 2 – 3 hours, should not reflect upon your education background.
Much can be lost in translation without the proper means to communicate in an international education setting. Even in these days of the Google Translator, when students and faculty, alike, gather around from various parts of the world, there needs to be a ready medium of instruction to help everyone work on a common baseline. … Read more
MBA programs strive to be diverse, choosing candidates from a variety of backgrounds to enrich their experiential learning environment. Classes thrive on case studies, and students bring in their past experiences, mixing them with new lessons. Most MBA programs, across the globe, hence, desire an applicant pool with some years of work experience. Average MBA … Read more
When Farah Chamma (24), an Arabic spoken-word poet from Dubai, was offered a place at Goldsmiths University, London, to study MA in Performance, she wondered how she would fund the money for tuition and other expenses without a scholarship. She turned to the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo for collecting $26,000. Farah collected a substantial amount, over … Read more
If you wanted to study abroad, you could do it in more ways than one. Yes, the traditional international university application is the more common route to experience learning in a foreign land. However, there are other avenues to get a taste of the foreign culture in parallel with education, as well. These are the … Read more
The UCLA PGP Pro program was launched in India to help experienced executives get world-class management education from a top ranking business school without leaving their jobs. The program does not require GMAT scores. Here’s Sameer Kamat (Founder of MBA Crystal Ball) in discussion with Keith Groya (Senior Account Director at UCLA Anderson Executive Education) … Read more
What is a MOOC? Easy access to quality education is the underpinning for a developed and healthy global society. While the idea is extremely noble, there are large parts of the world struggling to keep up with such provisions. For many, even in developed countries, affording high standard of education is a dream that is … Read more
Higher education can be your path to riches, but only if you choose your major carefully. If you don’t, an undergraduate or postgraduate degree will earn you only as much as a high-school diploma. Not all majors are created equal. But what makes one “rich,” what salary or income one should earn to deserve that … Read more
A 2016 report by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) followed up on their previous study, from 2011, observing the impact of analytics – The Age of Analytics: Competing in a Data Driven World. In their study, they found that most organizations and companies have captured only a fraction of the true potential of data and analytics.