Pandemic Has Little Impact on MBA Tuition Jan 26, 07:33 AM Comments [0] Last spring, students at Stanford, Wharton, and Harvard Business School petitioned for MBA tuition discounts once schools went entirely online. Networking with peers is a significant draw of the MBA experience, and they felt that virtual interactions didn’t cut it. While some schools offered extended payment periods in response, elite programs have not reduced MBA tuition fees due to COVID-19. A couple of different reasons might have affected their calculus. First, no one knew how long the pandemic would last. Schools didn’t want to lose revenue during an economic downturn that has affected them, too. Top MBA programs are not taking a reputational hit in any way from the pandemic. So, the value of the degree remains the same.
The press releases and statements hit like a blizzard. Just days after supporters of United States President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in a deadly attempt to block the certification of election results, many in corporate America made it known they had had enough. Social media platforms banned the president, universities revoked honorary degrees and the Professional Golfers’ Association of America pulled its championship from Trump’s golf course. Banks said they would no longer lend him money, and New York City announced it was cutting business ties with the Trump Organization. More than a dozen companies, meanwhile, suspended political contributions to Republicans who voted against certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Dozens more froze all of their political donations. One company Hallmark asked two lawmakers to give the money they received back.
Share: OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Poets&Quants, the definitive online publication for business education news, has named Scott Beardsley the Dean of the Year in their annual honors. Beardsley, the only non-traditional dean of a top 20 business school, is the tenth dean to earn this honor, earned in the past by the leaders of business schools like Harvard Business School, the Yale School of Management, Northwestern s Kellogg School of Management, Dartmouth College s Tuck School of Business and IE Business School and more. Darden is also the only school to have gained the distinction of having two of its deans gain the honor.