On this score, the new 2024 Financial Times Global MBA ranking doesn’t disappoint. The thunderbolts are many, from the return of The Wharton School to rank first to the worst ranking ever achieved by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, which placed 23rd in the ranking. If you’re a prospective student, do you care how many professors at a business school have a Ph.D., which pretty much means they have never had any experience in the real world of business?
Nelson Mandela University has been roped into the research and implementation of an international project aimed at greening liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Southern Africa.
Stanford is the latest elite university whose alumni have voiced their displeasure over the school’s leadership amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. In an open letter published today (October 25), nearly 1,200 Stanford alumni — mostly MBAs who attended the Graduate School of Business — write that the school’s administration has failed to support Jewish students amid pro-Palestine protests following Hamas’ terror strikes and subsequent Israeli attacks on Gaza this month. The alumni, addressing university President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez, declare their “grave disappointment” and call for concrete steps to ensure the safety of Jewish students on campus.
Muamer Cisija recently celebrated his 10-year reunion at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Since graduating with the MBA Class of 2013, the founder of global talent firm Symphony.is says he’s noticed a shift in his peers’ definitions of success. Many Stanford graduates from a decade ago remain committed to evolving their identities, Cisija says.