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GMAC Task Force Revamps Business Education Admissions Reporting Standards

GMAC Task Force Revamps Business Education Admissions Reporting Standards

RESTON, Va., March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association representing leading business schools, today released an updated version of the Graduate Management Education Admissions Reporting Standards. The revision, led by a task force of 14 GMAC member schools, aimed to ensure the standards align with the shifting landscape of [...]

US, Europe MBA Programs to International Talent: We are Open for Business

US, Europe MBA Programs to International Talent: We are Open for Business

RESTON, Va., Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Total applications to graduate business schools dipped from the pandemic-level spikes, slipping 3.4 percent year-on-year among a matched sample of programs, according to a survey report released today by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). This comes after application volumes increased 2.4 percent year-on-year in 2020 amid the [...]

Graduate Management Admission Council Appoints Joy Jones as Incoming CEO

Graduate Management Admission Council Appoints Joy Jones as Incoming CEO

RESTON, Va., Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today announced the appointment of Joy Jones as the organization’s CEO-Elect. Jones currently serves as GMAC’s chief product officer and general manager of assessments, a role she has held since July 2017. The announcement [...]

Graduate Management Admission Council Announces New Board Members

Graduate Management Admission Council Announces New Board Members

RESTON, Va., July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today announced the addition of six new members to its board of directors: (elected by member schools) Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean and Professor of Finance, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University; W. Bruce DelMonico, Assistant [...]

Business School Graduates Enter White-Hot Job Market as Employers Signal Growth, Confidence in Their Credentials

Business School Graduates Enter White-Hot Job Market as Employers Signal Growth, Confidence in Their Credentials

RESTON, Va., June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today released its annual hiring report, the GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey – 2022 Summary Report. The report explores the state of employer demand for graduate business school talent (MBA and business master’s degree recipients) in the [...]

Interest in Business Schools Survives Cost Perception and “Great Resignation”

Interest in Business Schools Survives Cost Perception and “Great Resignation”

RESTON, Va., April 19 (Korea Bizwire) —  The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today released its GMAC Prospective Students Survey – 2022 Summary Report, which explores how candidate preferences have shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report was based on survey responses from more than 6,500 individuals worldwide [...]

Business School Applications Surge Proves Not a Fad, Sustaining 2020 Growth

Business School Applications Surge Proves Not a Fad, Sustaining 2020 Growth

RESTON, Va., Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today released its anticipated annual 2021 Application Trends Survey. The survey of nearly a thousand MBA and business master’s programs found that in 2021, the volume of applications for graduate business school programs grew 0.4 percent [...]

First-Ever Global Study of Diversity in Graduate Management Education Sheds Light on Gaps in Race and Gender

First-Ever Global Study of Diversity in Graduate Management Education Sheds Light on Gaps in Race and Gender

RESTON, Va., Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today released a special report, “The Global Diversity of Talent – Attainment and Representation,” a first reference guide of its kind to better understand representation for graduate management education (GME) degree attainment worldwide. Understanding that [...]

Survey Projects Demand for Business School Graduates to Rebound in Post-Pandemic Era

Survey Projects Demand for Business School Graduates to Rebound in Post-Pandemic Era

RESTON, Va., June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today released its annual 2021 Corporate Recruiters Survey. The report found that corporate recruiters project a robust demand for business school graduates, with nine in ten of them expecting it to increase or remain stable [...]

Graduate Management Admission Council Welcomes New Members to the Board

Graduate Management Admission Council Welcomes New Members to the Board

RESTON, Va., June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today announced the addition of four new members to its board of directors. Katy Montgomery, Associate Dean, Degree Programmes, INSEAD; François Ortalo-Magné, Dean, London Business School; and Giuseppe Soda, Dean, SDA Bocconi School of [...]