Summer may be a slow season for MBA programs, but nevertheless there was a good amount news about business school last week.
Indeed, The New York Times printed a special issue about Grad Life, and we learned from Tristan Walker’s email to the founders of Foursquare that it’s persistence, not well-crafted epitomes, that can get an MBA a great job at a startup.
(1) This Email Got One Stanford GSB Student A Huge Job at Foursquare [SF Gate]
(2) SLIDESHOW: I Work for a Top MBA Employer [CNN Money]
(3) The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s: “Even the M.B.A., observed one business school dean, ‘is kind of too broad in the current environment.’” [New York Times higher ed special edition]
(4) How Khan Academy is Changing the Rules of Education [Wired]
(5) INFOGRAPHIC: Getting a Handle on Fixed Assets [Holy Kaw]
Photo courtesy GEOpdx [Flickr].
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