Chicago Booth University Singapore in the News

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   Here are highlights of the latest Chicago Booth news coverage. The digest below represents only a portion of recent coverage.
   
   Section 1: News coverage of Chicago Booth.
   Section 2: News coverage quoting Chicago Booth faculty.
   Section 3: Chicago Booth students and alumni in the news.
   Section 1: News coverage of Chicago Booth.
   FINANCIAL TIMES. Chicago Booth ranked first in placement success in the newspaper’s 2011 ranking of full-time MBA programs published January 31. Last year Booth also ranked first in placement success. In this year’s ranking Booth was first in economics, second in finance and fifth in accounting. In the overall ranking, Booth was sixth among U.S. schools, the same as last year. When non-U.S. schools are added, Booth ranked 12th compared with 9th last year. The ranking was based on a survey of graduates from 2007.
   
   FORTUNE. Chicago Booth was featured in an article headlined “MBA hiring: Back with a vengeance,” published January 14. On-campus interview slots at Booth this past fall were up 22 percent and job postings for MBAs and alums have risen nearly 30 percent, said Julie Morton, associate dean of career services. Julie Morton  said “Students feel supported and confident, but not cocky, that things are going to work out for them,”.
   
   CHICAGO TRIBUNE. “New Booth dean Kumar to employ broad view,” was the headline of an article published January 27. He told that his goal is “to enhance and broaden the impact and reputation of the school. We have a deservedly good reputation for taking rigor seriously. So we want to broaden, but without giving up this fundamental value. There’s no trade-off here.” The story ran on the front page of the business section and included a large photo of Dean Kumar. It was based on his first interview since becoming dean.
   
   BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK. A live, online chat about admissions to Chicago Booth was held on January 20 featuring Kurt Ahlm, senior director of admissions, and Lauren Polo, MBA ’11. They fielded questions from prospective students on “strategies for landing a spot in the No. 1-ranked program,” Business week wrote.
   
   CHICAGO SUN-TIMES. Chicago Booth’s strength in entrepreneurship was featured in an article published January 25. “Now students are coming to Chicago Booth expressly for entrepreneurship,” Professor Steven Kaplan said. The article noted that three recent winners of Booth’s New Venture Challenge raised “significant venture capital.” The companies are Bump Technologies, Watermelon Express and GrubHub.com. “It shows you the cool stuff coming out of Chicago,” Professor Kaplan said.
   LE MONDE (Paris). Chicago Booth was featured in an article about the benefits of earning an MBA degree from a leading U.S. school. “Specialist degrees offered by some business schools provide content knowledge that is most valuable at the start of one’s career,” Deputy Dean Kole said. “The MBA (offered by Booth) offers that knowledge plus the broader understanding of organizations and how to lead,” she said. The typical Booth graduate in 2010 accepted a job with a median salary of $102,000, the article noted. The story appeared in the newspaper’s January Master’s and MBA guide.
   
   FINANCIAL TIMES. Chicago Booth was featured in an article about changes in the admissions process at business schools, including the use of PowerPoint slides, DVDs and other non-traditional formats. Since Booth introduced its “third essay” in 2008, Kurt Ahlm, senior director of admissions, says he’s seen a variety of responses ranging from colorful, finely designed charts and data to one PowerPoint slide with just five bullet points. “The point is: there’s not one approach. When students do this well, they think through what they’re trying to communicate,” he said in the article published January 17.
   
   CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Chicago Booth was featured in an article about U.S. business schools that have international campuses. “With its storied reputation for turning out Nobel Prize winners, it’s no surprise that the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business has been offering executive MBA degrees in Europe since 1994,” the article said. “Today, every executive MBA student rotates through all three campuses – London, Singapore and Chicago – as part of their 21-month program.” The intercontinental exchange “gives students an opportunity to work in an academic setting with people from all over the world,” said Patty Keegan, associate dean of the Executive MBA Program in North America. The article was published January 20.

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