Gies College of Business marketing professor Aric Rindfleisch reflects on why he chose marketing and how his research on materialism reveals why buying more doesn’t lead to happiness. He discusses his passion for teaching in the College’s fully...

We reveal the unexpected strengths of MBA programs that aren't well known

We discuss the implications to international students if OPT is wiped out 

We discuss the latest questions admission teams are asking candidates this year

Our predictions for business education and the MBA in this new year.

Our interview with Andrew Walker, director of research analysis for the Graduate Management Admission Council

Plenty, according to a new survey of admission officials at business schools. We discuss and debate the findings.

We distill the latest employment reports for this year's MBA grads and remark on the deportation of a Babson student

Reading the tea leaves in the newest class profiles at the top business schools

What are the most common questions? The pitfalls?

For the first time, MBAs from three European business schools have raised the most money for their startups

A candid, brutally honest conversation about getting an MBA in the U.S.

We dissect three rankings — all of which arrived in a single month: Businessweek, LinkedIn & QS

Our annual Meet the MBA Class feature is up. Here's what it says about the latest crop of students to start their MBA journeys all over the world.

We digest the new Financial Times ranking of MiM programs and explain who they are for and what kinds of results grads get from these programs

Our advice in working well with a recommender who might want to use AI to draft a rec letter

With round one deadlines a little more than a week ago, we provide advice on what you need to know right now.

A change in the validity period for GMATs and GREs will impact some applicants this year

The Magnificent 7 MBA programs in the U.S. by the revealing numbers 

Why finance is surging and tech is fading

The results are sometimes as mystifying as they are illuminating

We discuss the increasing possibility of a boycott of the FT's rankings by U.S. MBA programs.

Caroline Diarte-Edwards and Maria Wich-Vila on the changes for MBA applicants

Will other business schools and corporate partners follow? We discuss

Caroline, Maria and John on what you need to know to make the best impression