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MBA applicants continue to decline.(Newswatch)(Master of Business Administration )(Brief Article)
Applications to MBA programs have dropped for the second straight year, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council. More than 75% of full-time, two-year MBA programs surveyed received fewer applications for the 2003-2004 year than they had the previous year. The slide was more than 20% for about 40% of the programs surveyed.
Experts cite many reasons for the decline including: the high costs of programs (two-year programs can top $100,000), shrinking numbers of students from foreign countries, and an improving economy that's sending more students to the job market rather than to professional schools.
Feminists list another reason for the decline: business schools' apparent indifference to women. They are only about 30% of MBA students, but women are now more than 50% of students in professional schools such as law, medicine, veterinary and dentistry.
Women are reluctant to invest up to two years and $100,000 in getting an MBA, then face a corporate glass ...
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- Magazine article from: Town & Country SPENCER, THEODORE July 1, 1999 700+ words
...but has really accelerated in the last few years. According to her, the main movers of the trend are women, who are leaving corporate America and starting their own businesses at twice the rate of men. "They are saying, `What am I doing this for? I...
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- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal BRINSLEY, JOHN November 22, 1999 700+ words
...president and Congress to grant China preferred trade relations (formerly called Most Favored Nation status) will now cease, leaving corporate executives with interests in China more time to run their businesses instead of lobbying recalcitrant congressmen. "This...
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- Newspaper article from: Marketing to Women: Addressing Women and Women's Sensibilities July 1, 2004 700+ words
...Career-Women.com have opted out of corporate work at some point in their careers. The top three reasons given for leaving corporate settings are taking several years off to spend time with family, pursuing non-profit or foundation work, or taking...
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- Magazine article from: Business Asia COOPER, CAMERON October 1, 2000 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Network World January 3, 2006 700+ words
...buying SSL VPN vendor Permeo in hopes of creating a combined VPN/proxy appliance to protect information entering and leaving corporate networks. The $60.8 million stock-and-cash deal will bring Blue Coat three key technologies: an SSL VPN gateway...
- Minority executives leaving corporate life for classrooms
- Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News November 23, 1996 700+ words
New York Amsterdam News 11-23-1996 Minority executives leaving corporate life for classrooms. Trading in the prestige and perks of a successful corporate career for the scholarly life of a professor...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 24, 2005 700+ words
...monitoring of network exit points and now the option to stop Internet communications containing confidential data from leaving corporate networks. Vontu 4.0 enforces security and privacy policies and prevents loss of confidential customer data and intellectual...
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- Magazine article from: Footwear News Bernard, Sharyn January 30, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Sharyn Bernard Name: Sprong Address: 375 Pharr Road, Suite 3502, Atlanta Square footage: 1,360 Established: February 2005 Owners: Hillary Baker and Karen Sheldon Footwear brands: Dansko, Dunham, Ecco, Geox, Havaianas, Kenneth Cole Reaction, New Balance, Nine West, Primigi, Ralph Lauren,
