Make Learning Easier
MBAs are not generally known to be creative. In fact, many people (including author Seth Godin and Flickr cofounder Caterina Fake) think that business schools kill creativity! We disagree with this statement but think that a MBA programs can do more to teach, develop and promote innovation and creativity. But Can Creativity and Innovation be …
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The Olympics and Olympians have provided great inspiration over the years. The Olympic games comes and goes every few years but what lessons can we learn from the Olympians who inspired us? What lessons can we apply to achieve an Olympic level of success in our individual lives? What does it even mean to be an Olympian? …
I found this cartoon on facebook! I cant give credit to its creator because I dont know who he/she is! (Please email if you have any leads) This cartoon has a lot for us to think about. Yes, our education system is not perfect or far from perfect! But it is still the best …
For a long time no one ever challenged the value of education. They all of a sudden there were a lot of critics shouting about the draw backs of the cost of education and the debt students are left with and even declaring that its not worth going to college. Now the trend is reversing …
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This is an ongoing debate. One that requires serious study and more empirical studies. One that is very important given the money and time pour society spends on sports. As CPA, CFA and MBA tutors our focus is on helping students with finance, accounting, statistics, etc but we also want to help them truly evolve as individuals. So …
GraduateTutor’s mission is simply to ‘Make Learning Easier”. Currently we do this by provide private tutoring which is one one one to students around the country and other parts of the world. As online learning has exploded, there has been a lot of debate about the quality of learning provided by the hundreds of online …
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The WSJ has an interesting article on students with disabilities. You can see from the large number of comments that this is a sensitive topic! GraduateTutor.com has always supported MBA, CPA and CFA students with learning disabilities with tutoring support. We will continue to expand our skills in this area and are actively exploring this …
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Jeffrey R. Young writes about external graders and even computers grading papers and assignment in some universities. The two examples provided are not business schools. Read the full article here. Its very interesting and brings out some great points in support for the practice. I especially agree that it will reduce the grade inflation. See …
As MBA tutors, we are part of the entire education system. Although our current focus is limited to tutoring MBA, CPA, CFA students and other professionals, education overall is close to our hearts and one that we track. Gordon Brown has been an ambassador of education for all. He spoke recently about an unfulfilled education promise of …
As MBA tutors who prep students for b schools in statistics and math boot camps we get asked a lot of pre MBA questions. One of those ‘Does where you go to b-school matter?’ is almost an age old question. Questions related to this include: How important is the b-school brand name? Are rankings important? …