Tyra Banks Is Attending Harvard Business School

New York Magazine's The Cut:

Tyra Banks is enrolled at THE most fashionable business school -- Harvard! Banks is enrolled in one of the school's Executive Education programs, a two-week owner/president/management program, tuition for which is $31,000.

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Comments

[repugnicansfearme]

11:35 PM on 02/19/2011

No cell phones in class.

[emphatico]

04:47 PM on 02/18/2011

Now you aren't gonna be able to stop her. She's gonna tell everyone that she's also a Harvard alumna.

[D Blackmon]

11:21 PM on 02/14/2011

Congrats to Tyra for attending the Harvard Executive Program. It is indeed a fantastic program and very important for a Entertainment Business Boss. After spending most of your life in another capacity (model), its very wise to further your education. It's very important to never stop gaining knowledge which is sometimes hard to do, when you are CEO of a fast pace entertainment conglomerate, however it is ofter the down fall of many in the entertainment industry. Lack of knowledge leads to trusting many of the wrong people, bad business strategy and poor strategic long-term planning. I am a Harvard and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Executive Programs Alumni. The knowledge gained at both are priceless. Kudos.

[UpBone]

05:23 PM on 02/13/2011

Why, is she buying stock in Oprah Inc?

[JohnCK]

05:21 PM on 02/13/2011

$31000 for two weeks

LOL

[praxitas]

05:06 PM on 02/13/2011

she doesn't need this. shes already proven her mettle.

[themainpoint]

09:18 AM on 02/13/2011

Good for Tyra. But I think she should be TEACHING at HBS, not attending. She's proven herself a very successful business person.

[praxitas]

05:06 PM on 02/13/2011

exactly

[MrUnlimited]

05:43 AM on 02/12/2011

I know that there'll be a few lazy people who scroll down to comment without reading the article, so I'll indulge them:

"Banks is enrolled in one of the school's Executive Education programs, which is not the full two-year, soul-sucking, scary-competitive MBA program, but courses consisting of roughly a couple weeks and costing a lot of money, naturally. Banks is in the two-week owner/president/management program, tuition for which is $31,000."

Her program has no formal admission requirements (i.e. no GMAT, GRE, etc.) So yeah, she's attending Harvard Business School because she has a lot of money and can afford to spend some. I like Tyra, but I'm just being real here.

[praxitas]

05:07 PM on 02/13/2011

she is already a business mogul. few regular harvard biz school grads will ever achieve as much.

[MrUnlimited]

08:56 PM on 02/13/2011

Given that she got her foot in the door (of the business world) with shrewd networking during her time as a supermodel, I'm inclined to agree...regular biz school grads aren't as photogenic.

[Yam716]

01:20 PM on 02/14/2011

I wondered the same thing when I read the headline, but upon reading the article, I see all you need is the money to graduate!

[Douglas Bennett]

02:25 AM on 02/12/2011

GREAT MOVE TYRA - MORE ENTERTAINERS SHOULD FOLLOW HER EXAMPLE INSTEAD OF LETTING HUSTLERS, HANGER-ONS. AND CON-ARTIST ACT ON THEIR BEHALF AS SO-CALLED "PERSONAL MANAGERS" - PEOPLE WITH NO FORMAL EDUCATION, TRAINING OR REAL QUALIFICATIONS HANDEL HER CAREER - SADLY THIS HAS OFTEN BEEN THE CASE FOR EVEN MAJOR "STARS" IN A BUSINESS THAT IS LARGELY UNREGULATED LIKE THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY - MANY ENTERTAINERS HAVE HAD THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES AND CAREERS DESTROYED BY THESE SHADY, UNSCRUPULOUS, CHARACTERS - TYRA BANKS IS A POSITIVE, "SMART" ROLE MODEL THAT OTHERS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS SHOULD CONSIDER FOLLOWING!!!

[veritas88]

11:44 PM on 02/11/2011

good for her.

[robjh1]

11:07 PM on 02/11/2011

You go girl. I heard the program is challenging. You never stop learning.

[MrUnlimited]

05:39 AM on 02/12/2011

"I heard the program is challengin­g."

Are you referring to the standard, competitive 2 year MBA program or the 2 weeks worth of course that Tyra is taking? Unlike the MBA program, Tyra's program has no formal admission requirements. It just costs a lot of money.

[Just a passerby]

08:27 PM on 02/11/2011

So she bought herself a fake course which is really a form of advertising.

Harvard should be ashamed at pimping its good name.

[considerthis]

11:31 AM on 02/14/2011

Harvard has already proved it's good name is no longer deserved.

[jackstpaul]

08:40 PM on 02/14/2011

I wrote about this a few weeks ago, these non-degree programs and even degree programs like the full mid-career masters (1 year+ credit for work experience degrees that some schools offer to cash in on their name and reputation. Harvard is the worst of those in offering "fake" degrees and these week-to-two week deals. Usually it's for corporate types whose employers pay the big money. Totally demeans the idea of getting an education, and esp. an advanced degree when it's the fake, 1-year kind of masters..

[D Town96]

02:39 AM on 02/20/2011

What is "fake" about the one years Masters? Are there fewer courses? Please clarify.

[Planet Caravan]

08:14 PM on 02/11/2011

If I was the admission officer I'd let her in even if she was a highschool drop-out.

[MrUnlimited]

05:38 AM on 02/12/2011

She's enrolled in a 2 week program, not the standard 2 year MBA track program (which is actually tough to get admitted to). Tyra's program has no formal admission requirements.

[considerthis]

11:32 AM on 02/14/2011

I don't think he's interested in her academic prowess