Blog: Archive for the “Harvard University (Harvard Business School)” Category

Harvard Business School has some good news for international students. Last week, HBS Admissions Director Dee Leopold announced on her blog that Harvard University has established a partnership with the Harvard University Employees Credit Union that will make credit union loans available to international graduate and professional school students. Undoubtedly, this partnership is designed to … Read More  

For those interested in a more intellectual discussion of the value of an MBA and its strengths and weaknesses, the Harvard Business Review has been looking inward and facilitating an excellent debate on the topic “How to Fix Businesss Schools.” If you log on to the Harvard Business Publishing Web site, you will find a blog … Read More  

HBS’s Dee Leopold updated her admissions blog the other day. While she offered a few new tidbits, stating that HBS would be dealing with its waitlist with some urgency and that news about loans to internationals would be forthcoming, the real news, from our perspective, was her statement that class visits would not be open … Read More  

Ok, so our entry title is a bit facetious, but we admire the soul searching going on at Harvard Business School, nonetheless. HBS, which by its own admission has seen its brand “damaged” by its association with prominent alumni whose names have been inextricably linked to the global financial meltdown (e.g., Thain, O’Neal, Wagoner, Cox … Read More  

In an open letter to HBS alumni, published on the HBS alumni Web site, HBS Dean Jay Light discussed the impact of the financial crisis on the school. Highlights of the letter include the following: MBA Applications and Doctoral Applications are up and the pools are “exceptionally strong.” Executive Education (typically a major revenue driver … Read More