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Columbia Business School in New York is redesigning its core MBA curriculum. The aim of the revamp is to give students greater flexibility when it comes to pursuing their career goals, while still maintaining academic rigour. The new core will enable our students to tailor their education to their particular interests, while still ensuring they come away from Columbia with a strong grasp of the fundamentals of business, says Amir Ziv, vice-dean and faculty director of the Arthur J Samburg Institute for Teaching Excellence. More : ft.com

Is your spouse ruining your career Marie worked for a national engineering firm and remembers one engineer whose wife called him at the office incessantly for the littlest things. He was always leaving the office and running home to help with some emergency, and once told me he felt like he couldnt do his job anymore because of it. It was very wearing on him. Sound familiar? Does your spouse refuse to pick up and move one more time, promotion or no promotion? Is your wife the life of the company holiday party, much to your chagrin? Does your husband refuse to

Recent Bureau of Labor Statistics' research reveals that some of the fastest growing and highest-paying careers include many of the traditional job fields. Career options such as accounting, bookkeeping, administrative services and healthcare promise steady work, stability, and above average salaries. Earning a degree in these career areas has never been easier with the number of online course options available to mid-career workers. The career and online match in the healthcare filed is exemplary. Online courses are available for degrees in Healthcare Reimbursement and Administrative Office Management. Though healthcare and administrative jobs are often seen as rather ordinary, the medical filed

Career launcher, a leading Educational conglomerate actively engaged in imparting preparatory courses for competitive examinations is all set to enter the schools-chains foray with an investment of over Rs.400 crore. The group plans to set up a series of secondary schools across the country in the span of next five years. We plan to set up around 50-60 schools in India by 2012, with an investment of around Rs.7 crore per school, Career Launcher Managing Director Nikhil Mahajan informed. More : indiaedunews.net

International Mobility at Oxford Two-thirds of Oxford MBAs find jobs outside their native countries, providing an extra challenge to the schools career-services office The career-services team at Oxford Universitys Saïd School of Business helped 90% of the 228 full-time MBA students seeking a job in 2005 to gain employment within three months after graduation. This marks a 7% improvement from 2004. Showing international mobility, two-thirds of Oxford MBA students found jobs outside their native countries. While only 10% to 13% of Saïd students are from Britain, 58% of graduates work in Europe. Despite a high interest in working in the U.S.,

Illinois State Universitys College of Business has once again been named one of the nations best choices for earning an MBA, according to the 2008 edition of Best 290 Business Schools, published by Princeton Review. This is the second year that Illinois State has been listed in the publication. Inclusion in Best 290 Business Schools highlights the quality of Illinois States MBA program, which is one of nearly 500 MBA programs in the U.S. accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Best 290 Business Schools includes two-page profiles of the schools with overviews

Columbia Business School Names Kelley Blanco Assistant Dean for Executive MBA Programs Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School, has announced the appointment of Kelley Blanco as Assistant Dean for Executive MBA Programs at the School, effective March 12, 2007. Ms. Blanco moves into her new role from the Schools department of External Relations and Development, where she served most recently as Director of Development. She will report to Ethan Hanabury, Associate Dean of Executive MBA Programs at Columbia Business School. ADVERTISEMENT Kelley has been a tremendous asset to Columbia Business School during her

Michigans career-services director offers some contrarian advice on career management while discussing the recruiting process Al Cotrone has been the director of career services at the University of Michigans Ross School of Business for nine years. For the class of 2006, Cotrone and his staff of 15 helped Ross 430 full-time MBAs achieve mean starting salaries of $94,000 with median signing bonuses of $19,500. While a third of Ross class remains in the Midwest for work, half of the class ventured to either financial capital New York or tech-oriented Silicon Valley or Seattle. Roughly 15% of the graduates accept jobs

How Duke Helps Students Connect Sheryle Dirks of the Fuqua School's Career Management Center talks about her efforts to customize the recruiting process In 2005, about 85% of graduates at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University had job offers by May, and 92% had job offers by August. This year, the school rolled out a new Intranet system to help students manage their on-campus recruiting process. That was a priority of Sheryle Dirks, the director of the school's Career Management Center (CMC), who says she wants to focus on customizing services for students. With the new Intranet, MBA

Distance-learning programs have been given increased credibility by the spread of information technology. The growth in the number of MBAs awarded in recent years is largely a result of distance learning program in conjunction with the widely acceptance of online degree in the job market. Individual who are looking for higher career achievement can now choose to pursue their MBA online while maintain their career and living style. With the available of online MBA programs, you have no excuses to delay pursuing your MBA just because you are busy with your work. Many online MBA programs are able to fit

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