MBA News
A collection of news items from MBA programs and about the business school admissions process.
Published: September 15, 2025
Duke Fuqua MBA Class Profile: Diversity Reigns for Daytime MBA Class of 2027
Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business maintained strong diversity with its Daytime MBA Class of 2027. Of the 426 new students, 47 percent are women. The school also posted impressive representation of U.S. minorities, with 55 percent students of color and 39 percent underrepresented students of color. Here are some key elements of the profile: Duke MBA Class Profile 2027: Student Characteristics Women 47% Countries & Territories Represented (by citizenship) 43 International Students* 35% U.S. Underrepresented Students of Color** 39% Average Work Experience 5.8 years *By primary citizenship outside the U.S., does not
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Published: August 31, 2025
Top In-Person MBA Events to Check Out in September 2025
An essential part of the process when you apply for an MBA is events. On or off campus, formal or informal, in-person MBA admission events are opportunities for applicants to connect with current students and alumni, sit in on classes, meet the admissions team, and take campus tours. As first-round deadlines approach, schools are ramping up their event calendars for prospective students. Here’s what’s on deck for September. Why attend MBA events? More than just another step in the process you want to check off your list, this is where you can assess for yourself whether a school or program
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Published: August 24, 2025
Duke Announces New Joint Degree in Business, Climate, and Sustainability
Duke University launched a brand new joint degree: Master in Business, Climate, and Sustainability (MBCS). Lori Bennear, Stanback Dean of the Nicholas School and a professor of energy economics and policy, described the new program as addressing “a critical talent gap” in the intersection of business and climate science. Designed for early career students, with less than two years of post-undergraduate work experience, its curriculum will provide a pathway for the ambitious individuals who hope to act as leaders in the sustainability field or to help the
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Published: August 21, 2025
WashU Olin Receives $10M Gift for Innovation, Leadership
Washington University in St. Louis Olin Business School (WashU Olin) has announced the receipt of a $10 million gift from Jerry Kent, BSBA ’78, MBA ’79, and his wife, Judy Kent. Judy and Jerry Kent are longtime university benefactors. (Photo: Stephanie Marie Photography) The gift, which is the largest awarded to the school in the past decade, is the most recent in a long list of actions taken by Jerry and Judy Kent to support Olin Business School. Judy Kent spoke of the couple’s “duty to give back”
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Published: August 20, 2025
DEI: How Business Schools Are Adapting
MBA programs need diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). They need DEI because business schools play a vital role in shaping the world of business; the students in their programs go on to lead industry-shaping organizations, to drive change, and to influence the future of business. The way in which diversity is handled in the U.S. is, however, changing. The Trump administration’s stance on DEI initiatives is clearly oppositional, and the 2023 rollbacks on affirmative action by the Supreme Court turned out to be only the beginning.
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Published: August 17, 2025
Northwestern Kellogg’s Plans for New Hub of Innovation
Northwestern Kellogg School of Management has announced the upcoming construction of a “visionary new building,” just shy of a decade after their immense Global Hub. Estimated to be completed in the fall of 2027, the new building has been designed by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF). It will be the source of a new Evanston-based campus, connect to Kellogg’s Global Hub via a tunnel, and act as a focal point of knowledge sharing for MBA students. The space between the Global Hub and new building is named
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Address Real-Time Business Challenges Through the Andre Koo Tech 1-Year MBA
Sponsored Content A major differentiator of the Tech MBA at NYU Stern is Stern Solutions, hands-on projects with partner companies and faculty leadership. Students are embedded directly into the curriculum through three foundational experiential learning courses. During the one-year Tech MBA Program, real-world business challenges are central to the Stern experience through NYC Immersion, Tech Solutions, and the
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INSEAD Extends Deadline & Reopens Scholarships
INSEAD has extended its final Round 4 MBA application deadline for the January 2026 intake from August 5th to August 26th, 2025. To be considered for a given round, all application materials must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Central Europe Time / French Time. The school has reported making this change due to a growing number of eligible professionals whose MBA plans have been disrupted by such situations as administrative delays, relocation challenges, and shifting personal or professional circumstances. “At INSEAD, we remain deeply committed to our values of diversity and global access to
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Toronto Rotman Launches One-Year MBA and Master of Management Degree Programs
The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is launching two new programs: a Master of Management (MMgt) and a One-Year MBA. “The Master of Management program is designed to provide students with the critical thinking, creative problem-solving and communication skills they need to succeed,” said Prof. Joseph Milner, Vice-Dean, MBA Programs in the school’s announcement. “With the One-Year MBA, students will leverage their academic business background to accelerate their MBA and develop the skills and leadership experience they need to achieve their career goals.” In contrast to Rotman’s
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Johns Hopkins Carey Expands MBA to D.C. & Launches New Programs
“The Carey Business School is growing globally,” says Carey Dean Alex Triantis. “[We are] building on our commitment to Baltimore while we expand access to world-class business education.” The expansion of which Triantis speaks will take place in fall 2026, when the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School will offer its Full-time MBA program at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Carey will also launch a new hybrid Executive MBA at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center. In addition to
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HEC Paris Announces its “Campus of the Future”
HEC Paris has launched a €230 million (approximately $267 million) project to transform its campus in Jouy-en-Josas, France. The plan calls for 40,000 square meters of campus space to be built or renovated around what the school is calling its three pillars. First, a new “Campus Heart” unifying all the academic programs will include a state-of-the-art library, collaborative workspaces, innovation labs, amphitheaters, a new 850-seat auditorium, and dining and leisure facilities. Second, the historic Château and its annexes are slated for complete redesign and reconstruction for executive education. Finally, the school’s historic academic
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Top In-Person MBA Events to Check Out in July 2025
An essential part of the process when you apply for an MBA is events. On or off campus, formal or informal, in-person MBA admission events are opportunities for applicants to connect with current students and alumni, sit in on classes, meet the admissions team, and take campus tours. With the application season upon us, schools are ramping up their event calendars for prospective students. Here’s what’s on deck for July. Why Attend MBA Events? More than just another step in the process you want to check off your list, this is where you can assess for yourself whether a school
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Berkeley Haas Announces Professor Jennifer Chatman as New Dean
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has appointed Professor Jennifer Chatman as its 16th Dean, effective July 1, 2025. The announcement follows Chatman’s interim stewardship since July 2024. She is the third woman to lead Haas in the school’s 126-year history. Dean Jenny ChatmanUC Berkeley Haas School of BusinessPhoto Copyright Noah Berger / 2025 Chatman is deeply rooted in the Berkeley community, earning both her BA (Psychology, 1981) and PhD (1988) before joining the Haas faculty in 1993. She remarked, “As a proud ‘Double Bear’ … it is an incredible honor to
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Chicago Booth’s New Venture Challenge Awards Record-Breaking $2.267 Million to Finalists
At the 29th Annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), 10 finalist teams were awarded a record-breaking $2.267 million. Launched in 1996 at Chicago Booth and led by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurships and Innovation, the NVC held its first finals in 1997 with just $20,000 in prizes. Today, the NVC ranks as one of the best accelerator programs in the U.S. More than 600 startup companies have graduated through the NVC and the Polsky Center, which in turn
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Mary Tolan Commits $12M to Chicago Booth’s Healthcare Initiative
University of Chicago trustee Mary Tolan, MBA ’92 (XP-61), and her husband, Edward Grzelakowski, have committed $12 million to advance the work of Chicago Booth’s Healthcare Initiative. The Healthcare Initiative, newly named “The Tolan Center for Healthcare” in recognition of the gift, examines the healthcare sector’s challenges from both medical and business perspectives. It was founded in 2020, and has since become a beacon of collaborative effort between diverse disciplines, faculty members, students, alumni, policy makers, industry leaders and more. The
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Resisting the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Curb International Students
Over the course of 2025, the Trump administration has taken a series of actions that impact higher education institutions across the U.S., with a particular focus on elite universities such as Harvard. Escalating Efforts to Curb International Students This spring saw the revocation of many, many international students’ legal status. According to international education non-profit NAFSA, nearly 1,300 international students and scholars had their “visas revoked or their records deleted on SEVIS,” the U.S. government database covering nonimmigrant students and exchange visitors. Secretary of
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AI, Management, and Innovation Insights from a Stanford GSB Professor
Stanford GSB’s If/Then podcast features an interview with one faculty member each episode. Hosted by Kevin Cool, the podcast dives into the findings of researchers and considers how they might apply to today’s big business-world questions. We’re taking a look at one particular episode, titled “The Data-AI Train Is Leaving the Station,” in which Cool interviews Amir Goldberg, a Professor of Organizational Behavior from Stanford GSB. Why? Because Professor Goldberg’s findings have astonishing implications for the world of business and management.
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Business School Recap: Commencement Ceremonies in May
Commencement season is in full swing. Business schools are beginning to host ceremonies to mark the hard work, dedication, and achievements of their graduates; to give you a glimpse into the celebrations, we’ve collected the highlights of those that took place in May. Berkeley Haas Berkeley Haas hosted its MBA commencement ceremony on Friday May 23rd. Manish Chandra The ceremony’s keynote address was given by Haas alumni (’95) Manish Chandra. Chandra is the founder and CEO of Poshmark—a company born of Chandra’s
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Carnegie Mellon Tepper Announces Inaugural Cohort for Golub Capital Board Fellows Program
Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business has officially launched its first cohort of the Golub Capital Board Fellows Program. The program places 13 MBA students on the boards of nonprofit organizations throughout the Pittsburgh region, where they serve as non-voting members. First-year students make up the Golub Capital Board Fellows’ first cohort. Each student was selected based on their dedication to social impact, their desire to apply business skills in service of the community, and their leadership potential. Golub Capital
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John and Fran Edwardson Commit $14 Million to Chicago Booth’s Civic Scholars Program
The University of Chicago Booth has announced a transformative $14 million in philanthropic commitments from University of Chicago trustee and Booth alumnus John A. Edwardson and Fran Edwardson to support and expand its Civic Scholars Program. In recognition of their generosity, the school will rename the program the Edwardson Civic Scholars Program. Students within it will now be known as Edwardson Civic Scholars. Established in 2016 with seed funding from the Neubauer Family Foundation, the Civic Scholars Program provides full-tuition scholarships to Evening MBA and Weekend MBA students. Students who are pursuing careers
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Post-MBA Salaries Spike, But Pay Gaps Persist — Forté Foundation Releases Its 2025 MBA Outcomes Report
“Leadership barriers for both genders have climbed in the last two years,” says Forté Foundation CEO Elissa Sangster, “and more women and minorities don’t have a sponsor. A third of MBAs of both genders say they have to change jobs to advance and this is much higher for women and minorities.” The statement derives from Forté Foundation’s—a non-profit with a goal of achieving gender parity at all levels of business—fourth biennial study. The study surveyed 1,047 MBA alumni between October 24 and December 18, 2024.
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‘Big Tech’ Hiring Declined for Class of 2024 MBA Graduates
A career in the technology industry is one of the top three career paths that many business school graduates pursue (along with consulting and finance). In this analysis, we take a closer look at which leading MBA programs managed to place their graduates into tech industry jobs in 2024 despite the overall decline in tech industry hiring. We also review recent trends in MBA graduate hiring at Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft (aka Big Tech). Technology Industry Job Placement for the MBA Class of 2024 The following chart highlights the percentage of Class of
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Real Humans of Aepnus Technology: Warren Ndlovu, The Wharton School MBA ’24, Chief of Staff
Join Warren Ndlovu on his ride through recruiting in this Real Humans: Alumni. With a niche interest in climate tech, Warren had to get creative to secure his “Plan A” dream job. All the while, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania provided the right foundation for his goals and more. Read on for his story. Warren Ndlovu, The Wharton School MBA ’24, Chief of Staff at Aepnus Technology Age: 33 Hometown: Bulawayo/Johannesburg Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Cape Town, Economics &
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Entrepreneurship Outcomes at Top MBA Programs – Class of 2024 Trends
While most MBA graduates pursue high-paying corporate roles, a notable number launch entrepreneurial ventures immediately after graduation. Among top MBA programs such as Harvard Business School (HBS) and Stanford GSB, entrepreneurship is the chosen career path for a significant portion of the Class of 2024. MBA Graduates Pursuing Entrepreneurship: Starting a Business Many MBA students consider becoming entrepreneurs, and business schools offer a robust array of entrepreneurial programs to cater to this interest. While many MBA graduates start businesses after working for several years, some students start companies soon after graduation. Here is a
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Published: April 29, 2025
Top In-Person MBA Events to Check Out in May 2025
An essential part of the process when you apply for an MBA is events. On or off campus, formal or informal, in-person MBA admission events are opportunities for applicants to connect with current students and alumni, sit in on classes, meet the admissions team, and take campus tours. Why Attend MBA Events? More than just another step in the process you want to check off your list, this is where you can assess for yourself whether a school or program is the right fit for you and will set you on the career path you really want. This is where
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