The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was established in 1881 with a donation from Joseph Wharton, an American industrialist who was involved in manufacturing and mining. Wharton is the US’ first collegiate school of business and part of the M7 group of elite MBA programs that also includes Booth, Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, MIT … Read more
Most Chinese students work hard to clear tests for admission to US universities. Some others just cheat, and more than a few are caught. In 2014, about 8,000 Chinese students were expelled from US universities, most of them for fraud or for their poor academic performance.
The New York University Stern School of Business was founded in 1900 by Charles Waldo Haskins, co-founder of Deloitte’s predecessor Haskins and Sells and a nephew of Ralph Waldo Emerson. It was then known as the School for Commerce, Finance, and Accounting, and prepared students for careers in the financial markets of New York City. … Read more
American universities roll out the red carpet for students from all over the world. But this is not entirely in pursuance of a mission to spread the bright light of quality education. In these hard times of grant cuts and rising costs, there is a stronger, more basic, motivation: survival. To stay afloat, American universities … Read more
A couple of years ago, US media raised a storm over the pay of a business school professor of Indian origin. Kannan Ramaswamy, who taught global strategy at Arizona’s Thunderbird School of Global Management, received a compensation package of $700,000. Some journalists and academic experts wrote that Thunderbird, which had been on the decline for … Read more
In 1994, when Hotel Russell in Russell Square, London, hosted a meeting of the representatives of 17 research universities, its management might not have realized that their organization would give its name to one of the most prestigious university groups in the world. The meeting, and a few that followed, laid the foundation of the … Read more
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” -Edgar Bergen MBAs take this chance every day, and sometimes even into the midnight hours. The crème de la crème of the business world are trained to be the big boss with the fanciest chair. And while they are usually showered with the fat … Read more
Tired of case studies, lectures, and job hunts? Here’s something to lighten your burden: a list of great Hollywood movies for MBA students and aspirants, that give you valuable life and business lessons. We’ve tried to include a mix of movies related to business management concepts, leadership, sales & marketing, human resources, ethics, networking, office … Read more
The Darden School of Business, of the University of Virginia, was founded in 1955 and is named for Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. (1897-1981), former Governor of Virginia, former Democratic Congressman, and the third President of the university.
Indians love to boast about the cultural diversity of their land, but it is not until they arrive at a US university that they encounter the real thing. All said and done, some things are the same wherever you go in India, and there are not that many surprises. But new Indian students who arrive … Read more
International students have long crossed the 1 millionth mark, in the US. That’s like the population of a mid sized city in the country – think Dallas, in Texas. And if that’s what you get for the number of students who have been actually accepted, it is almost unearthly to fathom how many actually applied … Read more
If you are heading to a foreign university to pursue a higher degree, chances are that you have spent a lot of money in getting there, all for the purpose of graduating with distinction. In that case, having a sturdy, reliable laptop is a must which will be your companion every step of the way … Read more