Yale requiring MBA students to study abroad
For one group of graduate business students at Yale, next months lessons will take place on pineapple, banana and coffee plantations in Costa Rica.
Other MBA students are checking out investment prospects in Tanzania and whats sizzling in Singapore.
Yale this year became the first major university to require its MBA students to study abroad. The Ivy League school also replaced finance and marketing courses that have been the mainstay of business education with courses structured to mimic the way managers operate.
We are at the beginning of what over the next five years will be tremendous change in business education, said Joel Podolny, dean of Yales School of Management.
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Yale shakes up MBA program by requiring study abroad for business students
Connecticut: For a group of Yale business students, next months lessons will take place on the pineapple, banana and coffee plantations in Costa Rica. Others are checking out investment prospects in Tanzania and whats sizzling in Singapore.
Yale this year became the first major MBA program to require students to study abroad. The Ivy League university also replaced finance and marketing courses that have been the mainstay of business education for 50 years with courses structured to mimic the way business managers operate.
The changes, implemented this fall, come after criticism
Yale Makes MBA Students Study Abroad
or one group of graduate business students at Yale, next months lessons will take place on pineapple, banana and coffee plantations in Costa Rica. Other Master of Business Administration students are checking out investment prospects in Tanzania and whats sizzling in Singapore.
Yale this year became the first major university to require its MBA students to study abroad. The Ivy League school also replaced finance and marketing courses that have been the mainstay of business education for 50 years with courses structured to mimic the way business managers operate.
We are at the beginning of what over
Yale Shakes Up MBA Program, Requires Study Abroad
Yale University is shaking up its MBA program. This year, it became the first major business school to require students to study abroad.
Groups of students will head out next month to Costa Rica, Tanzania, Singapore and other places.
The Ivy League university has also replaced finance and marketing courses that have been the mainstay of business education for 50 years with courses structured to mimic the way business managers operate.
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Yale makes MBA students study abroad
Conn. - For one group of graduate business students at Yale, next months lessons will take place on pineapple, banana and coffee plantations in Costa Rica. Other Master of Business Administration students are checking out investment prospects in Tanzania and whats sizzling in Singapore.
We are at the beginning of what over the next five years will be tremendous change in business education, said Joel M. Podolny, dean of Yales School of Management.
Business schools increasingly compete for students and faculty as the number of MBA programs has soared. Universities are trying to differentiate themselves
Yale School of Management MBA Students Gain International Exposure Through Study Abroad
First-year students from the Yale School of Management will study abroad during the first two weeks of January 2007 as part of the schools first International Experience, a mandatory component of the schools new MBA curriculum that was launched in September 2006. Yale SOM is the first major MBA program to require students to study abroad.
Groups of students will travel to one of eight destinations around the world—Argentina, China, Costa Rica, India, Japan, Singapore, a combined trip to England and Poland, and another combined trip to South Africa
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