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To further expand on the reach and flexibility of the Flex MBA program, the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University now offers the degree in an online format, allowing students to continue their path toward career advancement in a virtual setting while maintaining the academic rigor and experiential opportunities that define the Georgetown MBA.
The new online format, known as the Flex MBA One, delivers the same degree as the in-person program with the added convenience of virtual classes. Students will participate in synchronous and asynchronous course work, along with two weeklong residencies in Washington, D.C., and participation in the global business consulting project. The program will begin in fall 2023.
“The new online option is intentionally designed to maximize the learning experience,” says Prashant Malaviya, senior associate dean of MBA programs. “By pulling from our program’s strengths, we are able to add more flexibility to the MBA format while retaining our quality education and close-knit community.”
To meet the varying needs of ambitious professionals, Emory University’s Goizueta Business School introduced a new online format of its Executive MBA Program.
Goizueta now offers its EMBA in on-campus, hybrid, and online formats. The first cohort for the new online program started in fall 2022.
Online EMBA students take classes exclusively through Goizueta’s Global Classrooms, which provide real-time experiences, as well as greater flexibility and collaboration through breakout-room options, whiteboard technology, and sharing of common assets to store files and presentations.
Read more...Spanning 18 months, the online EMBA Program requires 27 core credits, six immersion credits, and 24 elective credits to graduate. Online EMBA students may choose to complete global immersion and executive-skills immersion experiences in person or remotely.
This innovative, adaptable format is a welcome trend among ambitious, mid-career professionals who are fueling unprecedented global demand for graduate management education, particularly as the pandemic accelerates the need for leaders to prepare for the rapidly evolving future of work.
The fully online option follows a rigorous research process led by Jaclyn Conner, associate dean, Executive MBA.
“We started our EMBA hybrid format in 2020 with tremendous success, thanks to our extraordinary faculty, dedicated program staff, and world-class remote learning tools like our Global Classrooms,” says Conner.
“We dive in today confident in our capabilities to deliver a high-touch, unmatched online Executive MBA experience for our professional students,” she says. “Goizueta is poised to take digital learning to the next level by providing business professionals with a truly immersive, dynamic experience from anywhere in the world.”
Regardless of delivery format, Goizueta’s EMBA students take the same courses taught by the same faculty and receive the same intensive leadership development and Career Management Center support.
“Time is the greatest challenge for our Executive MBA students,” says Ed Leonard, senior associate dean of graduate education. “We are focused on making our programs accessible and convenient for busy working professionals — without sacrificing the quality, community, and reputation of the Goizueta MBA. We are incredibly enthusiastic about providing a 100 percent online EMBA experience that can reach working professionals worldwide.”
The Center for the Business of Life Sciences at Indiana University Kelley School of Business received a $1 million gift from alumnus Jeff Albers and his wife, Alison.
The Albers Family Life Sciences Endowment will support programs within the center, with preference given to programs tied to biotechnology and pharma, medical devices, and health care ecosystems.
Founded in 2008, the center provides valued resources to life sciences and health care companies, particularly those in Indiana, which ranks second among all U.S. states in life sciences exports. It offers a certificate program for students passionate about a career in life sciences or those who wish to better understand how business and science interact. Students – undergraduates and MBAs – learn through experience, as they provide business planning and consulting services to emergent tech-transfer companies and those involved with the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
In fall 2021, the Graduate School of Management at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, NUCB Business School, received European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), one of the largest international quality evaluation organizations for management education.
With its accreditation by EQUIS, NUCB Business School now becomes the first Triple Crown business school in Japan, also the first to be dual-accredited by the AACSB (2006) and AMBA (2009).
Among the one percent of business schools worldwide with this distinction, the school continues to improve the quality of its programs in line with recommendations from the world's foremost experts on management education.
Since achieving this new level of distinction, NUCB Business School has unveiled a hybrid auditorium system this spring, bringing both onsite and remote case method course participants together into lecture and class discussion. The school also hosted the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS) at the start of June and continues to seek opportunities to innovate in the face of unprecedented challenges to higher education.
Northern Illinois University (NIU) redesigned its EMBA Program to better meet student needs.
A 20-month program for business professionals with at least five years of work experience, the NIU EMBA now meets every other Friday afternoon and all-day Saturday twice a month in Naperville, with some Friday meetings requiring only online attendance. Each semester, one to two Friday evening dinners feature C-level speakers who will host a networking event that allows students to strengthen classmate connections.
“We heard from our students that they need a more flexible Executive MBA Program that will also integrate with their personal, professional, and travel schedules,” says Anthony Preston, assistant dean, graduate business programs. “The new format will allow our students to achieve a balance between career and academic pursuits.”
Read more...Preston also added that students are now able to commute from greater distances.
“With our previous schedule, EMBA students had to attend every Saturday, which can be challenging. Now, students can travel from surrounding areas due to the new weekend format. We are looking forward to welcoming students from the Midwest to our prestigious EMBA Program.”
NIU divides the Executive MBA Program into four mindsets each semester, which include entrepreneurial, agile, global, and transformational. Four professors present each mindset, teaching and demonstrating the meaning that goes with their assigned mindset. During the program, students also can travel internationally for nine days visiting global companies, interacting with international business leaders, and immersing themselves in the culture.
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