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Forbes magazine has ranked the Lancaster Full-time MBA among the world's top MBA programmes. In the latest ranking, published in August 2007, the Lancaster MBA is ranked 8th in Forbes' list of the top one-year MBA programmes outside the USA. The ranking is based on the return on investment for graduates five years after earning their MBA. In the 2007 ranking Forbes sent questionnaires to 18,500 alumni who graduated in 2002 from 111 schools around the world. Oliver Westall, Director of the Lancaster MBA, said: The latest Forbes ranking builds on the Lancaster MBA's excellent showing in other recent rankings, including the

The masters in business administration program at Clemson University has been listed in Princeton Reviews Best 290 Business Schools. The universitys MBA program has a two-page profile in the guide, which outlines academics, admissions, financial aid, campus life and career information. Native South Carolinians will have a hard time beating the ratio of value to quality that theyll find at Clemson University, according to a story by Princeton Review editors. Palmetto State residents can earn a highly regarded business degree for a small fraction of what their peers elsewhere in the country spend. More : independentmail.com

Lancaster University faculty and alumni have recently topped two high-profile most influential lists in the world of human resource management. LUMS graduate Clare Chapman, director general of workforce in the Department of Health, has been ranked at number one in Human Resources magazines list of the Top 100 most influential HR people in the UK. Meanwhile St Martins College graduate David Fairhurst, senior vice-president and chief people officer of McDonalds Restaurants Northern Europe, was ranked as Personnel Todays top power player. David is an honorary fellow of the Centre for Performance-Led HR at LUMS. More : .lums.lancs.ac.uk

MBA students inspire pupils by sharing experience A group of Lancaster University MBA students went back to school to pass on their skills to pupils at Lancaster Royal Grammar School. The 10 students, who represented six different nationalities and various business backgrounds, visited the school as part of their course to share their commercial experience and see the workings of a local school. Members of the group, led by Helen ODonnell, talked about topics such as working for the Japanese Central Bank, marketing Coca Cola in Bahrain and the growth of the I.T. industry in India. Business studies and economics pupils at the

Santa Clara University's Part-Time MBA Program Named No. 14 by U.S. News The part-time MBA program at Santa Clara Universitys Leavey School of Business is ranked No. 14 among the top MBA part-time programs in the country, and the programs graduates command top salaries nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report magazines annual Americas Best Graduate Schools issue that was released today. Graduates of the 2006 part-time MBA program averaged $100,466 in base salary offers, making the program sixth in the nation among highest paid new graduates. Santa Clara University has been listed in the top 20 MBA programs

NC State Universitys College of Management Holds MBA Program Information Session Tonight Pam Bostic, director of the NC State College of Management MBA program, announces that the next MBA information session will be held December 5 from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at Nelson Hall on the NC State campus. The session is open to all prospective applicants. Program staff will discuss the MBA curriculum and the admissions process, and alumni and students will share their personal experiences. These events include question and answer sessions, as well as opportunities for prospective students to speak with admissions staff one-on-one to gain insight to the

Sonoma State University, in the heart of the North Bays Wine Country, is offering what officials are calling the nations first Wine MBA program. The school said Wednesday that the MBA program is meant to fill a growing need for winery executives and managers who understand both management techniques and the wine business unique needs. The program is 100 percent industry funded, James Robinson, dean of Sonoma States school of business and economics, said in a statement. The universitys nine-year-old wine business program, the result of a public-private partnership between Sonoma State and the wine industry, now offers both a

Martha O'Reilly, a graphic designer, McLeod and James Alexander, an employee of the division of bank Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, was married yesterday evening in the chapel of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Frederick B. Northup the ceremony. Parents of the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. O'Reilly South Portland, Conn., and Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Alexander Washington. Susan Slaymaker to his cousin, and Robert Cauthorne Alexander served as his brother, the best human being. The bride Over-West attended school and was a graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall and the Parsons School of Design. His father, a retired household

he recent cheating scandal involving students in Duke Universitys MBA program should serve as a clarion call for colleges and universities to wake up, smell the coffee and start emulating the ethics policies of the private sector, according to at least one expert who closely follows ethics-related issues. Yet, another ethics expert says the universitys response should serve as an example to colleges and corporations alike -- in that the institution publicized the infractions and its response to them, thereby reminding everyone that it takes violations of its honor code seriously. Both agree, however, that the episode illustrates the tendency

U-Mary to Award 855-Plus Degrees Including First to Online Grads at 47th Commencement Former Governor, Art Link, and wife, Grace, to receive honorary doctorates. Bismarck, ND The 856 degrees to be awarded by the University of Mary at its 2007 commencement ceremony include 53 executive, health care, management, and nurse administrator MBAs that will be granted to the first graduates of the universitys online program, as well as more than 411 degrees to be presented to students who studied at one of the growing number of U-Mary adult education sites. The university also will confer the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree on

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