Archive for Education
The Value of an MBA
February 20th, 2007 • Business, Education, Entrepreneurship + Startups
Tags: David-Ratajczak, Emory-University, Goizueta-Business-School, MBA, startups
David has a good post about the value of an MBA. I’ve written posts in a similar vein before. You can’t judge someone based purely on their education unless that is the only thing they’ve got. David and I had a conversation about this prior to the most recent YNR Social and I think we’re both in the camp that an MBA, given the right prior experience and background, can be a useful thing to accomplish. But then both of us went through one year programs (he went to INSEAD) and we both started companies prior to getting our MBAs. Maybe starting a company as an admission requirement into b-school would help generate better business leaders.
Burning Bridges
December 27th, 2006 • Business, Education
This story about a MIT associate professor claiming racism which has kept him from gaining tenure caught my eye. This little snippet from a letter written by the professor is really telling of the story:
“I will either see the Provost resign and my hard-earned tenure granted at MIT, or I will die defiantly right outside his office,” he wrote. “This is the strength of my conviction that racism in American (sic) must end. What better place to kill a small part of it than at a great institution like MIT.”
Leadership Change at Emory’s Goizueta Business School
December 18th, 2006 • Business, Education
Tags: Emory-University, Goizueta-Business-School
It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that I have come to the decision to resign my position as Associate Dean for the full time MBA programs.
I’m a little surprised by the above which is the first sentence in a letter from Kembrel Jones, formerly associate dean of the MBA program at Emory’s Goizueta Business School. I don’t know the circumstances behind why Kembrel is leaving the school. The recent drop in BusinessWeek’s MBA rankings may have contributed to Kembrel’s decision. Under Kembrel’s direction, the school jumped from a second tier ranked school to positions 28 in 2000, 22 in 2002, and 20 in 2004. Everyone expected the assent to continue but in the most recent rankings (2006), GBS dropped to 23.
Goizueta Business School’s Leadership Academy
July 11th, 2006 • Education
Tags: Emory-University, Goizueta-Advanced-Leadership-Academy, Goizueta-Business-School, Marines, Officer-Candidate-School, Quantico
For those of you looking to join Goizueta’s Advanced Leadership Academy with hopes of doing the two day Marine Officer Candidate School experience, you’re in for some bad news. The school has dropped the OCS experience as a part of the academy and is now instead is doing a sailing expedition in the British Virgin Islands. I’m sure the sailing expedition will be cool but I wouldn’t trade my OCS experience for anything.
Response to Comments
June 18th, 2006 • 5 comments Business, Education, General, Random Musings
Tags: business-school, Emory-University, entrepreneurship, Goizueta-Business-School, MBA, U.S.-Congress
So, I’m back. After graduating from Emory, the family and I decided to head out on vacation (more on this later). While I was gone, some folks posted some comments which warrant responses. Normally I respond within the posts, but this time I’ll devote a posting to reply to everyone.
