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University of Phoenix to Offer Next-Generation MBA
As the Midwest emerges from the dark, cold days of winter, now is the time of year when many employees are looking to switch jobs. In fact, according to a nationwide online survey of working adults by University of Phoenix, more than two-thirds (67 percent) are looking for a job on some level. As the number of people searching for jobs grows, employers are increasingly looking for candidates with advanced degrees.
In response to feedback from some of Americas top corporations, University of Phoenix is launching a new MBA program throughout the Midwest, which applies proven teaching and learning methodologies to help working professionals solve real-world business problems.
Next-Generation MBA focuses on significant management, growth opportunity and leadership challenges based on business scenarios validated by Fortune 1000 companies. Several simulations are woven into the curriculum to support the learning necessary to solve the problems embedded in the scenarios. They allow students to make real-time decisions, just as they would in the workplace.
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Grand Canyon launches executive MBA program
Ken Blanchard, entrepreneur and author of The One-Minute Manager, is jumping in the fray of executive MBA programs offered in the Phoenix market.
While most of Arizonas major universities offer executive Master of Business Administration degrees, Blanchard said his new program at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix will be the only one to focus on leadership, in particular, strong ethics and preventing corporate misconduct.
Profit is the applause you get for taking care of your customers and creating a motivating environment for your people, Blanchard told The Business Journal.
More : phoenix.bizjournals.com
Grand Canyon launches executive MBA program
Ken Blanchard, entrepreneur and author of The One-Minute Manager, is jumping in the fray of executive MBA programs offered in the Phoenix market.
While most of Arizonas major universities offer executive Master of Business Administration degrees, Blanchard said his new program at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix will be the only one to focus on leadership, in particular, strong ethics and preventing corporate misconduct.
Profit is the applause you get for taking care of your customers and creating a motivating environment for your people, Blanchard told The Business Journal.
More : phoenix.bizjournals.com
Phoenix firm fills after-hours need with pediatric care centers
Its a worry that has plagued most parents. Its 5 p.m., youve picked up your child from day care and the baby doesnt feel well. The pediatricians office is closed, and you think your only choices are an overcrowded emergency room or a night of little sleep and anxious watching.
A few hospitals offer kids-only emergency and sick-child care and some doctors offices have extended evening hours. But a Phoenix company may have another solution. Good Night Pediatrics is a chain of three clinics offering pediatric urgent care from 5 p.m. to 5
ASU, Jobing.com team on MBA program
Jobing.com has selected Arizona State Universitys W.P. Carey School of Business to deliver a 22-month Masters of Business Administration degree program for company employees.
According to an announcement Friday from the school, the program begins this month and will allow Jobing.com employees to continue a regular work schedule while earning their MBAs. Thirty-four employees have been accepted into the programs first class -- one third from the Phoenix area, where Jobing.com is based, and the rest from locations around the U.S.
Courses will be delivered by a combination of synchronous and asynchronous online courses
UC Davis MBA program listed as one of nations best
The University of California Davis Graduate School of Management has been named one of the top 50 business schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report magazine, the 12th-consecutive year the local university has made the closely watched list.
The UC Davis program is ranked No. 20 among public schools and No. 46 overall, according to U.S. News 2008 edition of Americas Best Graduate Schools. The overall ranking remained the same as last year.
The local program is the smallest business school on the list, with 116 full-time
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Roubos Darien, Conn., Breckenridge, Colo., have announced the engagement of her daughter Lyndel Lee Scott Roubos Michael Manson, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Manson Phoenix. A fall wedding is planned. Miss Roubos and her fiance expect to get the MBA degree in June from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Roubos Darien, Conn., Breckenridge, Colo., have announced the engagement of her daughter Lyndel Lee Scott Roubos Michael Manson, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Manson Phoenix. A fall wedding is planned. Miss Roubos and her
Management school capping enrollment
The University at Buffalo School of Management is shrinking its incoming class in a bid to improve its place in national rankings and create more demand for higher-quality students.
The incoming fall class in the graduate program will be capped at 100 to 120 full- time students, down from about 150, said David Frasier, assistant dean and director of full-time graduate programs in the school.
The strategy is very clearly to increase the overall quality of the full-time MBA class with an objective of improving our national profile, he said.
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In a press conference this morning, Robert Dolan, Dean of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business announced the sale of the internationally ranked MBA program for an undisclosed amount to the University of Phoenix (UOP) Online. "Given the recent slip in rankings and the particularly disappointing class of 2008, we decided to cut our losses and start anew. Furthermore, the recent construction workers strike and Stephen Ross' new initiative to relocate the Miami Dolphins facilities to our school are expected to hamper our abilities to provide the quality education you would expect from Michigan," said the Dean.
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The University of Arizona's Eller College of Management is expanding further into the Phoenix area.
The college is introducing its 18-month master's degree at its 9,000-square-foot campus in Scottsdale for those with at least three years of experience The campus opens next month.
Applications for the spring semester are due by Nov. 1. Priority will be given to those who apply by Oct. 1.
More : tucsoncitizen.com
Thousands of college-bound Oakland County students and their parents are putting pencil to paper to determine how to pay for a four-year degree.
University administrators across Michigan are waiting on Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Legislature to determine how much money they will receive from the state.
Hanging in the balance are the tuition costs that parents and students hope will not become so prohibitive that they rule out higher education for the next generation of Michigans professionals and entrepreneurs.
More : theoaklandpress.com/
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