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The BSchools.org blog helps online MBA students choose the right business school and make the most out of life beyond graduation. Readers can learn about what to expect when pursuing an online business degree, including information about the application process, exceptional professors leading programs, and MBA alternatives. Additionally, there are detailed guides to scholarships, internship opportunities (paid and unpaid), conferences, careers, and prospective salaries, as well as features about the ever-changing business landscape.
Check back regularly for interviews with degree program administrators and tips for successful applications, among other resources.
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What Can You Do with a Healthcare MBA?
May 29, 2019For MBA grads who want to work for healthcare startups, opportunity knocks. That’s because an increasing number of startups are suddenly raising more capital in initial public offerings (IPOs) then at any time since the dot-com bubble two decades ago.
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3 Business Schools with Exceptional Entrepreneurship Faculty
May 28, 2019These entrepreneurship professors have demonstrated expertise gained through years of industry experience and academic scholarship. Their contributions consist of innovative research, an extensive record of published works, teaching excellence, and other achievements recognized through honors and awards.
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Two Views, One Business School: UF’s Warrington College of Business
May 7, 2019Forget the old school stereotypes: a school’s MBA program, whether on-campus or online, can cater to a wide spectrum of personal contexts. UF’s Warrington College of Business is no exception.
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How to Crack the Personal Interview for the MBA
April 23, 2019There are various interview tips to help aspiring MBA students secure a spot, including open, invitation-only, blind and behavioral interviews; the STAR, PAR and CAR structured response techniques; response strategies for the most common MBA interview questions; and a preparation method.
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Femme-BAs: How Olin Business School Wins with Women
April 16, 2019According to a 2018 Financial Times report, Washington University’s Olin Business School is fourth in the world when it comes to gender inclusion, putting it several spots ahead of the traditional rankings’ top picks such as Wharton, Kellogg, and Booth.
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Two Views, One Business School: ASU’s W.P. Carey MBA Programs
March 28, 2019The conventional wisdom goes something like this: you go to a full-time on-campus program If you’re fresh out of undergrad, and you enroll in a part-time online program if you’re a working professional. The conventional wisdom, however, is woefully inadequate.
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Business Schools with an Outstanding Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Faculty
March 7, 2019These outstanding universities and enterprise resource planning (ERP) professors have been recognized for their knowledge and contributions to the field. Their contributions include teaching excellence, innovative research, a significant body of published works, and leadership in professional organizations.
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What is the FIRE Movement? A Toolkit for Financial Independence or a Passing Trend?
February 15, 2019FIRE is a movement kicked off by a best-seller originally released in 1992, Your Money or Your Life. Now considered the trend’s bible, the book argues for an extreme savings and investing lifestyle, which in theory allows advocates to retire far earlier than either conventional retirement plans or personal finance wisdom envisions.
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Which Business Skills are Most Valuable in 2019?
January 24, 2019Around the world, surprising changes in the skills workers will need for success suddenly loom on the imminent horizon. And those contemplating enrolling in MBA degree programs would be wise to consider some of the ways these changes in critical skills will affect their futures.
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Best New Books for MBAs
January 18, 2019A variety of authorities recommended the best new business books published in 2018 listed below. Our picks encompass award-winning blockbuster bestsellers, like "Bad Blood." Others offer tips especially useful to MBAs, like "Measure What Matters" and "The Formula."
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MBA Alternatives: MS Business Intelligence
December 26, 2018While a master of business administration (MBA) focuses on various fundamental areas of business, a master of science in business intelligence highlights business frameworks through the lens of data analytics.
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5 Schools with Exceptional Operations and Logistics MBA Faculty
December 21, 2018Operations management and logistics make up an MBA concentration that focuses on supply chains and the efficient management of demand. A number of prestigious online and on-campus MBA programs offer this concentration.
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Business Schools with an Outstanding Faculty in Taxation
December 18, 2018Regardless of size, an organization needs to deal with matters of taxation and regulation. Taxation professionals help companies deal with changes in tax policy and reforms, ensure that their current practices are tax compliance, and help them make lawful business plans.
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Schools with an Exceptional Insurance & Risk Management MBA Faculty
December 17, 2018Students with an analytical mindset are excellent candidates for an MBA in risk management and insurance, which consists of courses such as managing risk across an enterprise, property and casualty risk management, and insurance and risk management in the present day and age.
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MBA Alternatives: MS in Digital Marketing
December 7, 2018Being able to attract, acquire, and retain customers is the most critical objective for startups, small companies, and big corporations. Digital marketing is constantly evolving to include new mediums of communication, strategies for attracting and retaining customers, and tools for managing campaigns.