The first of a five-part series. On-site program simplifies employees' quest for MBA, makes retention easier for Intel. Article mentions that General Motors recently announced a special online MBA for its employees that includes courses from Columbia and Stanford. Their business schools are planning an alliance that will create a titan in executive education. The economy is down.
Applications are up.
But the tech revolution has changed the MBA forever. The Standard rates the country's top business schools based on high-tech savvy. Chicago, Columbia and Kellogg. Stanford receives high rankings. Erik Barmack, a second-year MBA student at Stanford, is quoted.