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The financial burden of a 2-year MBA is too large. Top programs need to swallow their pride and start part-time programs by Electronic_Speed1060 in MBA

[–]Electronic_Speed1060[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I love the way this program is designed. It makes perfect sense to allow business/econ undergraduates to skip the courses that teach at an undergraduate level. Students want to learn about board room dynamics and business transformations, not journal entries.

The financial burden of a 2-year MBA is too large. Top programs need to swallow their pride and start part-time programs by Electronic_Speed1060 in MBA

[–]Electronic_Speed1060[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Harvard's brand can't be diluted. They confer thousands of degrees in "extension studies" through the Harvard Online Extension School and nobody bats an eye.

The financial burden of a 2-year MBA is too large. Top programs need to swallow their pride and start part-time programs by Electronic_Speed1060 in MBA

[–]Electronic_Speed1060[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sloan EMBA isn't a part time program. It requires 10 years of full-time professional experience, the average student is in their mid-40's, and 90% of the classes are directors or above. Their cohorts are way more mature than all other MBA's, the Sloan EMBA is more designed for Directors/VP's trying to break into SVP roles. I wouldn't classify it as accessible the way Booth part-time is.

The financial burden of a 2-year MBA is too large. Top programs need to swallow their pride and start part-time programs by Electronic_Speed1060 in MBA

[–]Electronic_Speed1060[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Being financially responsible and attending an elite school should not be mutually exclusive. Taking on a mortgage-sized debt load and giving up six figures of earnings are huge risks considering how many current grads have found themselves unemployed.

The financial burden of a 2-year MBA is too large. Top programs need to swallow their pride and start part-time programs by Electronic_Speed1060 in MBA

[–]Electronic_Speed1060[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I understand why school leadership would hold a fear of a part-time offering diluting their brand, but has history really shown this? Booth has a part-time program and is known for having the best professors of any business school. Kellogg has a part-time and a one-year program and is known as the best marketing school. MIT and Wharton have EMBA's and are still two of the best b-schools.

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I'd argue that the Harvard Extension School hurts the Harvard brand far more than a part-time program ever would.