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University of Chicago's Booth EMBA Program was ranked #1 in 2011

With the economy in stasis, an increasing number of professionals looking to return to school to get advanced business degrees are unwilling to give up their current positions when finding a new job after their graduation is no longer assured.

Executive MBA programs, offer an excellent alternative to traditional full time MBA educations- where they would be expected to leave their current roles, and then hope that they will be able to find better positions after completing their post graduate education.

Part time programs take about 1-2  additional years to complete versus full-time two year MBA’s. Many believe that the job security they are afforded and ability continue earning an income during the degree, is well worth it.

The diversity of programs offered for EMBA students is growing as well, since an increasing number of applicants for EMBA programs are no longer having their education paid for by their employers. Now they are free to make the decision of where to attend themselves. This means finding new and innovative ways to attract students, like increased offerings of electives in growth areas like entrepreneurship and leadership workshops.

EMBA programs will no doubt continue to gain in popularity as more and more working professionals will be expected to have advanced post graduate degrees to remain competitive in their chosen career fields.

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Dr. Jörn Meissner, Gründer und Chairman von Manhattan Review, diskutiert in einem neuen Blogeintrag die zunehmende Bedeutung des GMAT im Recruiting-Prozess für MBA-Absolventen und greift dabei auf seine Erfahrung als Lecturer im MBA-Programm der Lancaster University Management School zurück. Insbesondere Bewerber für beliebte Positionen mit vielen Bewerbern wie zum Beispiel in den Bereichen Investment Banking oder Management Consulting sollten das erneute Ablegen des GMAT in Erwägung ziehen, wenn sie bisher noch keine 700 oder mehr Punkte erreicht haben. Den vollen Artikel in englischer Sprache mit dem Titel „Why the GMAT still matters when you already are at B-School“ finden Sie auf seiner akademischen Homepage.