College Curriculum

MBA Curriculum and the Looming Social Media Gap

Michael Kempner | Posted 05.10.2012

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Michael Kempner

As I write this, another class of MBA graduates is preparing to walk out of the classroom and into the business world. But will they have the skills they need to successfully lead a business in a digital age?

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Analytical Mind No Longer Valued

The Daily Beacon | Posted 05.27.2012

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There is really no question that academia has become far more enamored with GPA and a set of extracurricular activities than the actual development of an independent intellect. A system that promotes only the mere semblance of learning has become embedded in our culture.

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Separate Research and Teaching in Graduate Education

Herbert Gans | Posted 06.11.2011

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Herbert Gans

Imagine a "primitive" culture which prepares its shamans to explore its ancient mysteries and understand its current problems, but then puts them to work minding its young -- and there you have a reasonably fair description of the current state of graduate education in America

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The Top NON-TRADITIONAL Colleges

Huffington Post | Leah Finnegan | Posted 05.25.2011

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College can be a bore -- the endless textbook readings, crowded lecture halls and multiple choice tests that force students to memorize rather than sy...

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The Top NON-TRADITIONAL Colleges (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Leah Finnegan | Posted 05.25.2011

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College can be a bore -- the endless textbook readings, crowded lecture halls and multiple choice tests that force students to memorize rather than sy...

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Steinem: Curricula Needs To Be More Inclusive

Yale Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Famed feminist Gloria Steinem said college curricula should be revamped to be more inclusive, warning modern women against "reinventing the wheel" in ...

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