Apollo, parent of University of Phoenix, buys BPP Holdings
April 5, 2010 by Best Online MBA · 1 Comment
Apollo, the parent company of University of Phoenix, has big plans to enter the UK MBA market. The company recently completed the acquisition of BPP Holdings, the UK-based professional education company, for a purchase price of approximately $607 million. Though BPP’s main business is financial training, BPP is also the parent of BPP Business School, [...]
Social Media Courses in MBA Programs
March 30, 2010 by Best Online MBA · 1 Comment
A New York Times article was released today about how MBA programs have started incorporating social media into their curriculum. More and more companies are generating customer interest by posting viral videos on YouTube, creating fan pages on Facebook, or posting short messages on the micro-blogging site Twitter. As a result, a growing number of [...]
Chinese Hackers Take Down YouTube Home Page
March 25, 2010 by Best Online MBA · 1 Comment
Word has it that Chinese hackers have successfully hacked the YouTube home page and taken it down. The search giant Google has not issued any official statement regarding this, but the rumor is that this is done in retaliation against Google’s recent declaration of war against China. If YouTube is down for you, you are likely [...]
Free Online MBA?
March 13, 2010 by Best Online MBA · Leave a Comment
Want to sharpen your business skills, but find the cost of an online MBA prohibitive? We’ve found two great alternatives for you that are free. Though you won’t earn an MBA degree with these free programs, they are a good alternative to shelling out $30,000 for an online MBA, especially during these tough economic times. [...]
The Democratization of the MBA Degree
March 8, 2010 by Best Online MBA · Leave a Comment
Thanks to the Internet, the doors of MBA education are now wide open. There is no denying that revolution in communication technology has changed the face of business education. Once the poor cousin of its campus-based equivalent, the online MBA has become a valuable alternative for students unwilling or unable to invest two years of [...]
GRE 2011 Changes
March 4, 2010 by Best Online MBA · Leave a Comment
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is about to undergo a major change in fall 2011. Educational Testing Service, the non-profit institution that produces the GRE test, said GRE will be revised to include several things: GRE test takers will now have the ability to go back to a section to change their answers. The current [...]
Harvard Business School (HBS) Online MBA Program
March 2, 2010 by Best Online MBA · Leave a Comment
Yes, you read the title right: Harvard Business School offers an online MBA program. The program is not 100% online, but it has both on- and off-campus modules. The program is called the Program for Leadership Development (PLD). The program is designed for high-potential managers and functional specialists with approximately 10 years of work experience. [...]
The Economist Online MBA Ratings
March 1, 2010 by Best Online MBA · Leave a Comment
The Economist magazine just released its online MBA program ratings. Many publications have come out with their own rankings of universities and on-campus MBA programs, but few have attempted to rate online MBA degrees. The Economist is one of these few (Financial Times is the other one), and it has been doing so for a [...]
Program for Leadership Development (PLD) at Harvard Business School
March 1, 2010 by Best Online MBA · Leave a Comment
The Program for Leadership Development (PLD) at Harvard Business School combines online and on-campus learning. With on- and off-campus modules, this executive education program offers an integrated set of individual and classroom components. This program is created for high-potential managers and functional specialists with approximately 10 years of work experience PLD participants earn HBS alumni [...]
Jamie Dimon’s Keynote Speech at Harvard Business School
March 2, 2010 by Best Online MBA · Leave a Comment
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon speaks with 900 freshly minted MBAs at Harvard Business School. He talks about lifelong learning, overcoming failure, being honest to yourself, and more.