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Why are employers finding business graduates more attractive hires?

University Business

Employer interest in hiring MBA graduates is ticking up across the United States and the rest of the world due to how they’re preparing business leaders to manage today’s remote-work environment, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council. More from UB: Admissions workloads are enormous.

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Enrollment design project: The student experience from admission to alumni

EAB

Blogs Enrollment design project: The student experience from admission to alumni January 31, 2023 Heather Veeder Assistant Vice President of Student Success, Policy, and Planning, Eastern Washington University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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The SAT and ACT Are Less Important Than You Might Think

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Currently, only 4 percent of colleges that use the Common Application system require a standardized test such as the SAT or the ACT for admission. Tests Under Fire For many years, advocates and scholars have fought against the use of standardized tests, in general, and for college admission.

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The NASH Improvement Model

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Improvement methodology is the dominant form of quality management in other industries, such as manufacturing, software development, military management and health care.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

The Change Leader, Inc.

We are a private school, but I always say we are a private school with a public school admission. We are focused on these macro areas: advanced manufacturing, health, medicine, and sustainability. Then, provide opportunities for students to plug into your platform at points that are convenient to them. We are about applied research.

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How to Attract and Inspire Underrepresented Students: Lessons from Lucy Cavendish College: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 152 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Madeleine Atkins

The Change Leader, Inc.

Part of the larger Cambridge system that once depended largely on legacy admissions from private schools for decades, Lucy Cavendish now admits 90% of its freshmen class from 180 public high schools across the country. Drumm McNaughton But back in the ’60s, you were mostly legacy admissions, were you not? Absolutely, yes.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Beyond Transfer While Michigan is synonymous with mobility when it comes to manufacturing vehicles of all shapes and sizes, every Michigander knows that a car is only as good as the road it is driven on—and we also know that many of Michigan’s highways have fallen into disrepair.