MBA text books are very expensive. At least most of them! Today Mint.com blog post has an interesting article on the question “Is Renting Textbooks Really Cheaper Than Buying?” Its a good article with talks about the various options and the pros and cons. The answer really depends. Read the full article here.
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For Profit Education: Getting out of debt or into debt!?
Jeremy Dehn a professor shares his thoughts on the recent hearings on the money making machine the for profit universities have been accused of being.
Best Executive MBA (EMBA) Programs
Are the EMBA rankings really meaning full? Check out the methodology too? What in your opinion should really matter?
Executive MBA vs. Full time MBAs : Tuition
The economist has an interesting article on the cost difference between Executive MBA programs and the Full time MBAs programs. The articles indicates that some of this difference can be justified by the higher expectations and demands of the senior executives. We can attest for that. We tutor MBA students both full time students and executive students at www.graduatetutor.com and can tell you that the executive students really expect more.
MBA applications: Quality vs. Speed/time
It is essentially highlighting the importance of submitting a high quality and thoughtful application that truly reflects who you are and your desires and ambitions. That is way more important than getting your application in early.
MBAs Measuring Success
Renowned professor and thinker Clayton M. Christensen has written an excellent article on measuring success for the July-August 2010 HBR magazine. He was addressing an HBS class on how to apply some of his work on their personal lives.
MBA tutoring for students in NY!
Today’s NYT has an article on students in NY. It talks about the unique challenges students face studying in NY. One of the challenges that students face is the feeling of being alone. The article quotes Hanna Wolfe as saying “It’s so anonymous,” she said, “that it just feels good to reach out to someone” …
Data, Models and Decisions
We are happy to formally announce the inclusion of Sloan School of Business’ ‘Data, Models and Decisions-15.060 (Fall 2007)’, into the list of OCW programs we tutor.
MBA tutor: Lessons for MBA From a Fishing Village
If you havent read this tale below, you must. Of course, as MBA tutors, most of us at Graduate Tutor are MBAs, CPA or CFAs and have the attitude of the MBA in the story! I spent some time thinking about this story. What do you think about it!? A management consultant, on holiday in …
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Financial risk: Tutoring still needed!?
Much has been written and talked about. Have we learnt our lessons? Or do we still need more financial risk tutoring? I believe we still need more financial risk tutoring. Business schools must make financial risk management an integral part of their MBA programs.