KOLKATA: Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC) has announced its acceptable minimum cut-off scores of CAT-2007 Bulletin minimum standards to get the cut-off is the same for groups reserved. With this, IIMC has IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) ‘last year, the initiative to publicize the cut-off limit for the various sections and the overall score. IIMC in the number of visitors from in-Charge of profiles and Ashish Bhattacharya, said: “This step has been the introduction of greater transparency in the licensing process. The new members must be at least as CAT for the course at IIMC and the academic rigor. ”

The section of the IIMC CAT Bulletin 2007 states: “A candidate (including a category reserved candidate), to the selection list for GD and PI for admission to the postgraduate programmes should be a minimum 20%, 20% and 10% in the ‘quantitative’, ‘logic and data processing, interpretation, “and” verbal “sections, respectively.” The Bulletin is to say: “The real Cut-Off to a short list, however, may be higher than the minimum Cut - Off and depend on the performance of candidate countries in 2007 CAT. Cut-off may be different for different categories (for example, general, SC, ST and PWD) candidates. ”

While the cut-offs always existed internally, the sources indicated that this year has been declared in advance to ensure a certain extent against the limitation of quality among students is the rate CBO, lastly, the MHRD. Moreover, CAT has its IIMA Cut-offs higher, with a minimum of 25% in each section, and 33% above the aircraft. To keep SC / ST / PWD candidates for the DG / IP, a minimum of 17% in each of the three sections and 25% in the aggregate.

Two depts of GM College closed

Two departments in Gangadhar Meher (Autonomous) College, MBA and BSc (Industrial Science and Technology), were declared closed on Saturday after a tussle between the students of both the departments.

College Principal Hutasan Purohit has asked all the inmates to leave the hostels.

College sources said MBA students attacked BSc students inside the JP post-graduate hostel of the college owing to differences between them over a farewell function.

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Video iPods part of AUs MBA tuition

Videotapes and DVDs are old school. At least that was the view of Daniel Gropper when he decided to hand out top-of-the-line Apple iPods to students enrolled in Auburn Universitys off-campus MBA programs.

The associate dean and director of the College of Business MBA programs said the video iPods, which came loaded with business basics such as accounting, economics, finance and marketing, were given to students in the executive MBA and physicians MBA programs.

Those 21-month programs are for senior employees at major corporations and physicians who want to better manage their practices. They do most of their studies at home, except for a brief campus residency and a 10-day trip abroad to study in Asia or Europe.

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Vt. college first to offer sustainable M.B.A.

Green Mountain College has launched what is believed to be the first graduate online program of its kind in the world.

The online Master of Business Administration in sustainable business concentrates on ethical business practices and environmental stewardship, said Dr. William Prado, program director at the Poultney college.

Prado said theres been a focus of late on sustainable business practices in the aftermath of a number of corporate scandals.

Theres been increased interest in all issues having to do with ethical business practices and taking responsibility, firms being responsible for consequences, and lot of that goes back to Enron, Adelphia and so forth, Prado said.

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Kaplan U. to offer new MBA

Kaplan University, the Fort Lauderdale-based online higher-learning institution, is teaming up with Newsweek to offer a masters of business administration.

The Kaplan University/Newsweek MBA will use breaking business news to illuminate issues and theories used in traditional MBA course work. Students will be able to talk with the magazines reporters and editors to get insights on news events.

Kaplan Inc., Kaplan Universitys parent, and Newsweek are subsidiaries of The Washington Post Co. (WPO).

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Survey finds MBA students most likely to cheat

When it comes to cheating in graduate school, a new study finds that MBA students are the champs.

A survey of 5,331 students at 32 graduate schools in the United States and Canada found an alarming amount of cheating across disciplines, but more among the nations future business leaders. Fifty-six percent of graduate business students admitted they had cheated at least once in the last year, compared with 47 percent of non-business students.

The students, who were surveyed between 2002 and 2004, told researchers from Pennsylvania State, Rutgers and Washington State universities that the most important reason for cheating was that they thought that other students were doing it.

People tend to do what they think other people are doing, said Linda Klebe Trevino, one of the researchers and a professor of organizational behavior at Penn States Smeal College of Business.

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Chinas elite kids learning class, minus struggle

Every weekday this summer, Rose Lei drove her daughter, Angelina, 5, to a golf complex at the edge of central Shanghai for a two-hour, $200 individual lesson with a teaching pro from Scotland.

But now that the school year has started, little Angelina will have to cut back on the golf, limiting herself to weekend sessions at a local driving range. In addition to her demanding school schedule, she will be attending private classes at FasTracKids, an after-school academy for children as young as 4 that bills itself as a junior M B A programme.

Lei, 35, a former information technology expert and the wife of a prosperous newspaper advertising executive, is part of a new generation of affluent parents here who are planning ways to cement their childrens place in a fast-emerging elite.

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School ranks in top five MBA programs

The Wall Street Journal has named the Krannert School of Management a top five MBA school for the third year in a row Wednesday.

Charles Johnson, director of masters and executive programs, said the results show Krannert has fantastic students with a great attitude.

Our students have great analytical skills but also work well with other; its a unique combination, said Johnson.

The study polled only recruiters who work for companies hiring graduates and didnt consult or talk to the schools that they ranked, he said.

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Roundtable: Choosing an MBA program

Participants include the dean of a business school, a graduate and a student. The session is moderated by Sharda Prashad, a journalist in the Stars Business section who earned an EMBA. Readers can send questions and comments by email. On hand to answer questions will be:

David M. Saunders, dean of Queens School of Business. Since joining Queens in 2003, Saunders has launched two MBA programs and signed up top business school partners in Europe, Asia and South America. He is chair of the Canadian Federation of Business School Deans, and a board member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the European Foundation for Management Development.

Lisa Wiens, a recent graduate of the University of Western Ontarios Richard Ivey School of Business. Wiens, 28, graduated from Carleton University and spent four years with Pollara, a marketing research firm, where she was associate vice-president. She was class valedictorian in April and will be working for the Boston Consulting Group in Toronto.

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Vinayaka Missions new MBA course

Vinayaka Mission Research Foundation, a Salem-based deemed university, will start a two-year twin programme in MBA — combining graduation and post-graduation course — in partnership with Centennial College, Toronto, Canada.

The MBA international programme enables students to study their first year in India and the second year in Canada, S Vasudevan, vice-principal of the university, told reporters here today.

If the students opt to study in India itself, it can also be done, he said.

The students will be awarded an MBA degree by the university and graduation certificate by the Centennial College.

Source : chennaionline.com