Academic program and institution rankings should be looked at with fuzzy glasses. If a school is in the bottom 1/3, it is probably not as good as a school in the top 1/3 of the entire list. If a school is in the top 10 out of the top 100, it is probably better than the schools in the bottom of the top 100. But so much depends on small differences.…[Read more]

There’s an interesting article on college rankings written by New Yorker superstar Malcolm Gladwell, author of several bestselling books, including Blink. Those he doesn’t particularly address business schools rankings, his observations are easily applied to MBA ratings. Here’s our take on his take: “Malcolm Gladwell Trashes…[Read more]

Our analysis of the new 2011 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking:

http://poetsandquants.com/2011/01/31/wharton-london-tie-for-first-in-2011-financial-times-mba-ranking/

http://poetsandquants.com/2011/01/31/winners-losers-in-the-2011-mba-ranking-by-the-ft/

It will be interesting to see what people think of the new rankings published by Poets&Quants. I actually think it’s a great idea to take a look at all the major rankings out there and blend them in a way that gives greater credibility and authority to a new ranking. It takes out the wild inconsistencies of the rankings that tend to make them…[Read more]