MBA House Blog

Kaplan Suspends Enrollment at 2 Campuses !!!

At Kaplan College in Pembroke Pines, for example, an admissions officer told investigators posing as applicants that the college had the same accreditation as Harvard.

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Smoking, despite all the harm it does, is pretty much an orphan.

Smoking, despite all the harm it does, is pretty much an orphan. .

former president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, whose anti-smoking grants have fallen drastically; competition for preventative health care dollars is growing between tobacco and the obesity epidemic

Arizona Democrats Dance Carefully Around Immigration

Arizona Democrats Dance Carefully Around Immigration.

An Entrepreneur Who Took a Chance on Herself !!!

Six years ago, fresh out of Stanford with a degree in economics, I had what many would consider the perfect job. I was a management consultant at a prestigious firm, with an office overlooking the San Francisco Bay and a shiny new ThinkPad to boot.

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MBA Oath !!!

The MBA Oath was created to make a real impact on the meaning of the MBA degree and on the role people expect business to play in society. While other professions have certain guiding principles/pledges that are administered at graduation or after passing certain professional examinations, this does not presently exist for business school students.  The students who designed the MBA Oath believe the purpose of the Oath is to set a new standard for how people conduct business in the future.

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Changing the World, One MBA at a Time !!!

  Groups like MBAs Without Borders give B-school graduates experience in the developing world, and just maybe a new career.

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THE HAPPINESS PROJECT !!!

The Happiness Project is one of the most thoughtful works on happiness to have emerged from the recent explosion of interest in the subject. Rubin weaves together philosophy, scientific research, history, analysis, and real-life experiences as she explains what worked for her—and what didn’t. Her conclusions are sometimes counter-intuitive – for example, she finds that money can buy happiness, when spent correctly – but they resonate with readers of all backgrounds.

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Best Places to Launch a Career !!!

Graduates lucky enough to land a job may find the prospect of responsibility and rapid advancement surprisingly strong. But don't count on bigger salaries

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A SoHo Visionary Makes an Artsy Bet in Miami !

The developer Tony Goldman is known for envisioning thriving and architecturally appealing neighborhoods where others see only desolation or neglect. He was a major force in the revival of SoHo and South Beach, and has invested his time and money transforming small stretches of Center City Philadelphia and the financial district in New York.

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Why We Need to Dream ?

While we’re fast asleep, the mind is sifting through the helter-skelter of the day, trying to figure out what we need to remember and what we can afford to forget.

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