Since the MBA applicant community loves to hear about rankings, we’d like to call your attention to the latest ranking that’s been released by Chief Executive Magazine. As one might expect, this ranking focuses on the opinion of leading CEOs in America. Without further ado, here are the top 10, along with some information from the article that accompanied the ranking:
1. Harvard University (MA)
2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
3. Stanford University (CA)
4. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL)
5. University of Chicago
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
7. University of Michigan Ann Arbor (Ross)
8. Columbia University (NY)
9. Duke University (Fuqua) (NC)
10. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH)
“Chief Executive conducted supplementary polling this month to discover how education, training, and America’s top business schools fit into the CEO equation. CEOs were asked to rank America’s top business schools. Among the reasons they cited for their choices were the ability to teach “hands on,” to manage people creatively and not just solve problems, and to instill an “entrepreneurial mindset,” not the stereotypical “Nobel Prizes and published papers” that many schools like to advertise.
Additionally, CEOs were asked whether they use business schools to educate themselves and their management. According to their responses, approximately 56% of the CEO community actively seek business schools to enhance the skills of the top management of their companies. “CEOs in this country fully appreciate the investment of education,” said Edward M. Kopko, CEO of Chief Executive Group. “Over half of CEOs seek the help of business schools to stay competitive, and we should be proud that our executives value education the way they do.”
For the full PDF report:
http://www.chiefexecutive.net/ceoindex/0605/jun05.pdf
(Out thanks to the BW poster who called our attention to this!)
In other news, Heather Densmore, a current student at UT Austin/McCombs, has just published a diary entry for Business Week Online. This is a good read for anyone considering McCombs, as it offers a nice slice of life in the first year. For the diary entry, follow this link:
http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/mbajournal/04densmore/6.htm
Finally, the Wall Street Journal’s College Journal site (a free offering) has an interesting article about how real estate has become the new fad for b-school students. The article’s author, highlights the fact that MBA courses on real estate that were under-enrolled back in the late 90′s are now highly demanded – whereas some of those e-commerce classes that sprouted up in the dot-com boom may be less sought after.
For the full text of the article:
http://www.collegejournal.com/mbacenter/mbatrack/20050712-alsop.html
