Clear Admit Cofounder Tapped to Moderate Graduate Management Admissions Council Global Symposium Panel
The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which owns and administers the GMAT exam and conducts wide-ranging research related to graduate management education, recently asked Clear Admit CEO and Cofounder Graham Richmond to moderate a panel as part of its Global Symposia, an annual event series in Europe and Asia designed to give global audiences of admissions professionals insight into current topics and trends in graduate management education.
This year’s GMAC European Conference, held last week in London, spotlighted student motivations and expectations as they relate to graduate management education – specifically with regard to studying in Europe during the current financial crisis. The session began with GMAC research about candidate motivations – what drives today’s applicants to pursue an MBA or related master’s degree, what their expectations are from the degree and who influences them over the course of the admissions process – presented by Michelle Sparkman-Renz, GMAC director of research communications, research and development.
The session went on to provide participants with multiple perspectives on the topic, including Richmond’s own insight as an admissions consultant to prospective applicants to top-tier MBA programs. As moderator, Richmond also posed related questions to a panel of alumni from ESADE Business School, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and Cass Business School.
“The symposium was really interesting and had attendees from virtually all of the leading institutions in Europe, including London Business School, London School of Economics, ESADE, IE, IMD, HEC, Oxford, Cambridge and RSM,” Richmond recounts. “The way the panel session was constructed allowed GMAC’s Sparkman-Renz to speak about admissions trends at the macro level (with a focus on Europe) and the alumni to speak at the very micro level about their own experiences. I slotted in between those two vantage points offering observations from the Clear Admit perspective, since we see hundreds of top-tier-focused candidates each year and have been experts in this space for more than 10 years.”
GMAC will host a similar event next month in Singapore, the GMAC Asia Pacific Conference. This forum, also focused on candidate motivations and expectations, will take a closer look at how they are shaped by the current global economy and regional economies in Asia-Pacific.
Learn more about GMAC’s Global Symposia.
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