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Editor-in-Chief of Poets&Quants, former Executive Editor of Businessweek magazine, EIC of Businessweek.com and Fast Company magazine
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After an eight-year run, she expects to step down at the end of the 2025–26 academic year poetsandquants.com/2026/01/23/q...
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Questrom Dean Susan Fournier To Step Down
BU Questrom School of Business Dean Susan Fournier will step down at the end of the 2025–26 academic year after an eight-year run
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January 24, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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In a legal deposition, former @Harvardhbs Dean Nitin Nohria explains why he denied tenure to Ben Edelman. In a comical aside, he notes: “If you’ve ever been a part of a #faculty, you never resolve anything. That’s the nature of the faculty." tinyurl.com/yh2d6ka3 #EduSky
Why Harvard Business School Denied Tenure—Even When the Academic Case Was Strong
Ben Edelman did what tenure candidates are told to do. He produced respected scholarship. But at Harvard Business School it wasn't enough
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January 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Meet Cornell Johnson’s MBA Class Of 2027 -- Members of the newest cohort share their narratives and first impressions of Cornell's MBA program poetsandquants.com/2026/01/18/m...
#MBA #MBALife #MBAAdmissions #MBAApplications #BusinessSchool #EduSky
Meet Cornell Johnson’s MBA Class Of 2027
Meet the Cornell Johnson MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations
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January 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Meet Alaina Morgan, a first-year MBA at Berkeley's Haas School. She built a marketing department from the ground up for her tribe's All Native Group poetsandquants.com/2026/01/12/m...
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Meet the MBA Class of 2027: Alaina Morgan, U.C. Berkeley (Haas)
Meet the UC Berkeley Haas MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations
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January 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Why @HarvardHBS Denied Tenure—Even When the Academic Case Was Strong -- Ben Edelman did what tenure candidates are told to do. He produced respected scholarship. But for then HBS Dean Nitin Nohria t wasn't enough tinyurl.com/yh2d6ka3
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Why Harvard Business School Denied Tenure—Even When the Academic Case Was Strong
Ben Edelman did what tenure candidates are told to do. He produced respected scholarship. But at Harvard Business School it wasn't enough
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January 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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OMBA Ranking 2026: GMAT & GRE Data From Top Online MBA Programs --
5 years after COVID, GMAT & GRE requirements continue to fade from online MBA admissions. New P&Q data show how schools are adapting poetsandquants.com/2026/01/16/o...
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OMBA Ranking 2026: GMAT & GRE Data From Top Online MBA Programs
5 years after COVID, GMAT & GRE requirements continue to fade from online MBA admissions. New P&Q data show how schools are adapting.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Considering an online MBA? No one has more intelligence on this degree than Poets&Quants, from the definitive ranking to a wealth of admissions and career data poetsandquants.com/2025/12/22/2...
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Poets&Quants' Ranking Of The Best Online MBA Programs Of 2026
'Our motto – moment to momentum – isn’t just a slogan. It shows up everywhere, from how you’re taught to lead change to how you’re encouraged to make an impact'.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Why Harvard Business School Denied Tenure—Even When the Academic Case Was Strong: Ben Edelman did what tenure candidates are told to do. He produced respected scholarship. But then Dean Nitin Nohria believed it wasn't enough poetsandquants.com/2026/01/16/w... #MBA #tenure #faculty #EduSky
Why Harvard Business School Denied Tenure—Even When the Academic Case Was Strong
Ben Edelman did what tenure candidates are told to do. He produced respected scholarship. But at Harvard Business School it wasn't enough
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January 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Trump’s ICE Campaign Isn’t Just Unwelcoming — It’s Deadly, and It’s Undermining American Higher Education -- As video circulates around the world of ICE abuses, higher education is paying the price tinyurl.com/bdeupfx9
#ICE #HigherEducation #Trump #EduSky
Trump’s ICE Campaign Isn’t Just Unwelcoming – It’s Deadly, And It’s Undermining American Higher Education
As video of ICE agents mistreating people circulates around the world, American higher education is paying the price – and it will be steep.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Meet The UC Berkeley Haas MBA Class Of 2027 -- Members of the newest cohort share their personal narratives and first impressions of Haas poetsandquants.com/2026/01/14/m...
#MBA #MBALife #MBAAdmissions #BusinessSchool
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Meet The UC Berkeley Haas MBA Class Of 2027
Meet the UC Berkeley Haas MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations
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January 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Trump’s ICE Campaign Isn’t Just Unwelcoming — It’s Deadly, and It’s Undermining American Higher Education -- As video circulates around the world of ICE abuses, higher education is paying the price tinyurl.com/bdeupfx9
#ICE #immigration #F1visa #MBAAdmissions #HigherEducation #EduSky
Trump’s ICE Campaign Isn’t Just Unwelcoming — It’s Deadly, and It’s Undermining American Higher Education
As video of ICE agents mistreating people circulates around the world, American higher education is paying the price--and it will be steep
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January 14, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Our back-of-the-envelope analysis of what a full or partial ban on OPT would cost international MBA students who come to the U.S. for business school poetsandquants.com/2026/01/12/o...
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OPT Under Threat? What It Means for MBA ROI, Jobs & International Students
OPT Under Threat? What any changes would mean for ROI on a U.S. MBA degree: It would be an unmitigated disaster
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January 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Kellogg School's One-Year MBA Turns 60 – And The Model Has Never Looked Smarter -- The first one-year MBA in the U.S. has grown into a 4,700-alum powerhouse – and its model of speed, focus & ROI is more relevant than ever tinyurl.com/demzzba3
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Kellogg’s One-Year MBA Turns 60 – And The Model Has Never Looked Smarter
The first one-year MBA in the U.S. has grown into a 4,700-alum powerhouse – and its model of speed, focus & ROI is more relevant than ever.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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The Girl Who Dreamed Of Harvard From A Village Not On Google Maps -- From exile to a platform that opens doors, Umaimah Mendhro is offering what elite schools seldom provide: genuine access poetsandquants.com/2026/01/13/t...
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The Girl Who Dreamed Of Harvard From A Village Not On Google Maps
From exile to a platform that opens doors, Umaimah Mendhro is offering what elite schools seldom provide: genuine access.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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‘A Major Renovation’: Why Illinois Gies Launched A New Real Estate Academy -- Former Gies Dean Jeff Brown on what the school hopes to achieve in real estate poetsandquants.com/2026/01/12/a...
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‘A Major Renovation’: Why Illinois Gies Launched A New Real Estate Academy
Post-sabbatical, former dean Jeff Brown is spearheading the launch of Gies’ new Reichard Real Estate Academy, backed by a $5M gift.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Information Is Everywhere. But Wisdom? A Dean’s Perspective On Leadership, Learning & Global Impact -- Qatar Dean Rana Sobh tinyurl.com/5n62vbbx
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Information Is Everywhere. But Wisdom? A Dean’s Perspective On Leadership, Learning & Global Impact
In Qatar, Rana Sobh is redefining business education by humanizing technology and fostering collaboration across borders.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Will An Online MBA Help You Change Careers? We crunch the actuals numbers, just one of the many revealing metrics from our newest ranking of the bop online MBA programs poetsandquants.com/2026/01/09/o...
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OMBA Ranking 2026: Will An Online MBA Help You Change Careers?
Online MBAs are no longer just for staying put. New P&Q ranking data shows one in four 2025 OMBA grads changed careers in some form.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Today's most read: Seven MBA Admissions Trends & B-School Predictions For 2026 poetsandquants.com/2026/01/09/s...
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Seven MBA Admissions Trends & B-School Predictions For 2026
As MBA admissions recalibrate for 2026, a convergence of global, technological, and institutional forces is reshaping how business schools think about selection—and signaling a more intentional, human...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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BREAKING: UCLA Anderson Taps Emory’s Gareth James As Its Next Dean -- Will leave Goizueta after three years in the job to start at UCLA in July
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BREAKING: UCLA Anderson Taps Emory’s Gareth James As Its Next Dean
Read more news, MBA rankings, and all things related to business education in the Poets&Quants section for Deans
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January 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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Meet London Business School’s MBA Class Of 2027 -- The latest in one of our most popular series. MBA student newbies share their first impressions of LBS
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Meet London Business School’s MBA Class Of 2027
Meet the London Business School MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations
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January 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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🤔 Can an Online MBA actually help you change careers? That’s one of the biggest questions prospective MBA students ask—and in our 2026 Online MBA Ranking, the data finally gives a clear answer.
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OMBA Ranking 2026: Will An Online MBA Help You Change Careers?
Online MBAs are no longer just for staying put. New P&Q ranking data shows one in four 2025 OMBA grads changed careers in some form.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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There are some truly shocking stats in this story: 2026 OMBA Ranking: Graduation & Retention Rates At The Top Online MBA Programs poetsandquants.com/2026/01/07/2...
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2026 OMBA Ranking: Graduation & Retention Rates At The Top Online MBA Programs
Which online MBA programs help students finish what they start? See 2026 graduation and retention rates across all 61 ranked OMBA programs.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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MBA Interview Season Is Here — Are You Prepared? Whether you’re prepping for Booth, Kellogg, or Stanford, knowing the kinds of questions you might be asked can make ALL the difference. Here they are: tinyurl.com/mtacff4h
#MBA #MBAAdmissions #InterviewPrep #BusinessSchool #EduSky
2026 MBA Interview Questions: A School-By-School List
Wondering what you'll be asked in your MBA interview. Applicants share 130 questions they were asked at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and more
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January 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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From civil engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras to consulting, startup founding, and investing and an MBA at London Business School, read about Satya Sagar's story: tinyurl.com/4rj2pekf
#MBA #LondonBusinessSchool #Leadership #BusinessEducation #ClassOf2027 #EduSky
Meet the MBA Class of 2027: Satya Sagar, London Business School
Meet the London Business School MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations
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January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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From the opera stage to the world of business, Denira Coleman’s journey is nothing short of inspiring. Meet Denira Coleman, London Business School MBA Class of 2027: tinyurl.com/4me8awya
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Meet the MBA Class of 2027: Denira Coleman, London Business School
Meet the London Business School MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations
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January 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM