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Op-ed: Coronavirus hits home for business schools
Although my office in Watertown is situated thousands of miles away from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the business school leaders I work with are feeling the ripple effect of this week’s cancellation of several exams that Chinese students need to take in order Read More
Award-winning Educator Dr. Shannon Deer Named to BusinessCAS™ Advisory Board
As her institution, Texas A&M University, joins the BusinessCAS community, Dr. Deer will add her expertise to the preeminent solution for GME admissions and enrollment WATERTOWN, Mass. (January 29, 2020) — Liaison International has announced the addition of Dr. Shannon Deer, assistant dean of graduate Read More
Charting a road map toward greater graduate school enrollment | Opinion
The recent decline in international student applications and enrollment in graduate schools is nothing less than shocking. Read More
Beyond The Numbers: Where Business School Meets College Football
As a University of Michigan alum and the former director of admission at that institution’s medical school, I’m still reeling from the 56-27 thrashing that marked the Wolverines’ eighth straight loss to their college football archrival, the Ohio State University Buckeyes. Read More
Op-ed: Business schools must look at student, employer market
By now, it’s not exactly breaking news that graduate management education programs in the United States are struggling with shrinking applicant pools. What’s noteworthy, however, is the way forward-thinking GME program directors and admissions professionals are responding to enrollment challenges at their institutions and identifying Read More
What Business School Leaders Can Learn from the Dairy Farmers
In this era of declining applications and shifting demographics in graduate management education (GME), it’s incumbent upon business schools to leave no stone unturned in their search for creative solutions that support recruitment efforts. Such a process includes looking at the methods that other industries Read More
Women Make Strides in MBA Classrooms, But Progress Remains Elusive in the Workplace
By now, virtually every stakeholder in the world of graduate management education (GME) is well aware of the overall decline in the number of applications to MBA programs in recent years, and the even sharper drop in international applicants to American programs. Read More
Despite Severe Funding Cuts, Kentucky’s College Can Do More with Less
Among the various agenda items set to reach his desk, Gov.-elect Andy Beshear will soon face the prospect of one of the country’s grimmest outlooks when it comes to funding for higher education. Read More
An Open Letter to B-School Deans on MBA App Declines
Robert Ruiz, Managing Director of BusinessCAS at Liaison International, has penned the following letter to 50 U.S. business school deans in response to their own recent letter to American leaders on the current crisis in international student enrollment. Read More