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BBA Program Ranks in Top 10 by Businessweek

Emory University’s Goizueta Business School ranked #7 in the annual ranking of undergraduate business programs compiled by Bloomberg Businessweek released today. The BBA program has been listed among the top ten in all eight years of the ranking. Out of the 145 schools that participated in the rankings, the program received high marks in student [...]

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It’s Never Too Early

The business school application process is such a long project that when it was over there was something of a void in my life. Planning to recruit for banking, I took on prepping for that process as the object of my next obsession. Everyone will tell you that recruiting gets started once you set foot [...]

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Awards

The 21st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Awards Program, sponsored by Goizueta Business School and Rollins School of Public Health, took place January 14th 2013. 2013 MLK, Jr. Community Service Award Recipients The awards recognize members of the greater Metro Atlanta community who “raise awareness of social injustice, speak on behalf of justice, [...]

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Executive Education Industry Continues Steady Recovery

The International Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON) today released findings from its annual membership survey, which includes nearly 100 educational institutions from around the world with executive education programs. The survey found that the industry has begun to rebound from a global slowdown, and that executive education providers around the world anticipate more growth in [...]

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The Executive Women of Goizueta Announces New Board

The Executive Women of Goizueta (EWG) announced its officers for the year 2013.  They are as follows: Executive Committee:  Barbara Marxer, President;  Fontaine Lee, Vice-President; Pam Tipton-Theirry, Secretary/Treasurer. At-Large members:  Nora Bryant; Amanda Burman; Lisa Fey; Baerbel Freudenthaler; Lisa Lubar; Kathryn Mullen;  Kim Reese; Sam Renfro, Alumni Office Advisor; Celena Evans, Past President. “Now in [...]

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Admissions Q&A: Round 2 Applications, Program Information and Degree Offerings

Question: For applicants, do you recommend scheduling class visits independently or in conjunction with an interview (if invited)? Answer: If you are a Round 2 applicant, I would wait to see if you are invited for an interview. We do reserve class visits for interviewing applicants. For the most part, classes are on Mon-Thurs so [...]

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Role of Gender in Workplace Negotiations

NEW YORK—September 26, 2011—A study conducted by Columbia Business School Professor Michael Morris, Chavkin–Chang Professor of Leadership, and Emily Amanatullah, now an Assistant Professor of Management at McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin, finds that while women fare worse economically than men in many distributive negotiations, including salary negotiations, women [...]

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Columbia Business School Launches Its First Online Executive Education Program

NEW YORK—October 3, 2012—Columbia Business School Executive Education announced the launch of its first online executive education program, as part of a larger initiative to place the School as an innovative leader in executive education online learning. The program, in partnership with the Institute for Personal Leadership (IPL), offers a wider community of business professionals [...]

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McCombs Accounting #1 in PAR Rankings

The University of Texas at Austin‘s undergraduate, master’s and doctoral accounting programs are ranked #1 in the Public Accounting Report’s 31st Annual Professors Survey. The Master in Professional Accounting program retained the top spot in 18 out of the past 19 surveys. The undergraduate accounting program has been ranked #1 for the past 12 years. The doctoral [...]

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Admissions Q&A: Interviews, Re-Applicants and more

Question: I’m an international applicant, and I understand that those interviews are typically conducted via Skype. However, if I prefer to do an on-Grounds interview, how do I convey that in my application? Answer: If you prefer to interview in person, you can indicate that preference in the Additional Comments section of your application. Question: [...]

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