Every few years, it seems, critics like to declare the death of the MBA. The latest proclamation of the MBA’s demise comes from 21-year-old Dale Stephens, whose book Hacking Your Education was recently excerpted in the Wall Street Journal. In the piece, Stephens, who abandoned his formal studies after 5th grade, says people would be better off saving the money they spend on business school tuition and essentially creating their own luck by moving to places like Silicon Valley for [...]

Owen’s streak of #25 rankings continues with today’s publication of the 2013 Global MBA survey by the Financial Times. We climbed eight spots to #53 globally and rose five spots to #25 among U.S. MBA programs. In addition, Vanderbilt placed #35 globally for job placement and #37 globally for academic research. This latest ranking caps a remarkable year for Owen, starting nearly a year ago when U.S. News & World Report ranked Vanderbilt’s MBA program at #25. That continued with [...]

Note: This piece first appeared on Africa.com as part of a thought leadership series by the Foundation for African Leadership in Business. ALB partners with the world’s leading business schools and corporations to provide MBA scholarships and leadership development opportunities to African professionals. ALB is a registered 501C3 non-profit organization. The signs of a long-term economic boom coming to Africa are all around. First, with a booming population whose average age hovers around 19, Africa has a potentially strong workforce [...]

The Owen community has enjoyed a remarkable 2012. In March, after the school climbed to #25 in U.S. News and World Report’s annual MBA rankings, I mentioned then that it reflected a momentum that has continued to gather strength throughout the year. Indeed it has. Several weeks ago, Bloomberg Businessweek’s biannual MBA rankings also placed Vanderbilt at #25, marking the second-highest increase of any school on the list. Although rankings fluctuate from year to year, Owen achieved these latest placements [...]

We’re already into the second Mod of this year and things are busy here at Owen. I wanted to use this opportunity to update you on some of what’s happening. Rankings News First, we’ve had good news about a few recent rankings that have come out and reflect our school’s continuing momentum. The most significant has been our rise in The Economist’s annual “Which MBA” rankings. We’re currently #22 among North American Schools and #32 globally. We also posted strong [...]