2024 MBA Headlines: A School-By-School Collection Of News

The headlines rarely capture a year’s most important news. In April of 1975, broadcasters were wrestling with the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. That same month, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in an Albuquerque garage. A year later, as America prepared to mark its bicentennial, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne were launching Apple to little fanfare. Together, these firms ushered in the personal computer era – and represent over $7.3 trillion dollars in combined market cap.

In another 50 years, 2024 won’t be remembered for Hurricane Helene’s destruction, Syria’s collapse, Diddy’s arrest, or Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Fact is, there will be equally polarizing American elections ahead. Chances are, the talking heads won’t be wagging about misinformation, lawfare, or inflation either. Instead, the real news will be rooted in an anonymous incubator startup or quiet laboratory breakthrough that was set in motion during 2024 – ones that will redefine what’s possible in the 21st century.

A FLURRY OF DEVELOPMENTS

In business education, 2024 will be remembered as the year when Artificial Intelligence became a cornerstone of the curriculum. ESSEC Business School established a partnership with OpenAI, while business programs at Arizona State, Clemson, and the University of Rochester rolled out degrees in the field. IMD Business School, Johns Hopkins University and the Wharton School even revamped their MBA programing to better integrate AI. At the same time, sustainability remained all the rage in 2024, as programs like EDHEC Business School and the University of Michigan’s Ross School doubled down on their investments there.

Indeed, EDHEC Business School didn’t rest on its laurels in 2024. It launched an online MBA. New York University’s Stern School, ESADE Business School, IE Business School, and UC Riverside opened new buildings or campuses. By the same token, the University of Texas’ McCombs School and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School broke ground on new buildings – all while Vanderbilt University’s Owen School laid out plans to colonize Florida. When it comes to innovations, Indiana University’s Kelley School set up its full-time MBA program so that its second year can be taken online. All the while, the University of Illinois’ Gies College and the University of California at Davis continued to pad their lead as the leader in stackable credentials.

Alas, the year also featured plenty of comings-and-goings. Business school deans submitted their resignations at the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School, UCLA’s Anderson School, New York University’s Stern School, Southern Methodist University’s Cox School, and Queen’s University’s Smith School. The biggest news of all: David Levin, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, took the reins as president of Stanford University. In contrast, several business schools hired new deans, including Cambridge, IMD, Michigan State, University of Illinois, University of Miami, TCU, Hult, Ivey, Utah, South Florida, Lehigh, and Washington State. Virginie Fougea, INSEAD’s executive director who has devoted nearly 30 years to the school, stepped into a new role in 2024. At Stanford GSB, alum Erin Nixon was hired to serve as the school’s assistant dean for admissions and financial aid.

It was also a year of highs-and-lows. Applications rose as pay and placement fell. Purdue University’s Daniels School snagged a $100-million-dollar commitment, while Boston University’s Questrom School received $51 million dollars to launch the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business. That said, Harvard Business School continued to deal with the fallout from Francesca Gino’s liberties with research, where the back-and-forth leaves neither party looking particularly noble. Further south, the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler School made the legal docket for secretly recording a faculty member’s classes (and later not renewing his contract). In Ohio, Senator-elect Bernie Moreno’s bio ‘mistakenly’ listed him as an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School. Call it stolen valor. Let’s face it: if you’re going to lie about your credentials in politics, use an in-state school at minimum.

Wondering what you might have missed about your target schools in 2024? We got you covered with a school-by-school story listing (plus links to iconic features like 10 Business Schools To Watch). Here is a school-by-school look back at all the MBA stories from 2024.

10 BUSINESS SCHOOLS TO WATCH

10 Business Schools To Watch In 2024

10 Undergrad Business Schools To Watch In 2024

DEADLINES

2024-2025 MBA Application Deadlines

2024-2025 MBA Admissions Events By School

SCHOOL SMACKDOWNS

INSEAD vs. London Business School: The Ultimate Smackdown

MIT Sloan vs. Berkeley Haas: The Ultimate Smackdown

Harvard Business School vs. Stanford GSB: The Ultimate Smackdown

Columbia vs. Wharton: The Ultimate Smackdown

Northwestern Kellogg vs. Chicago Booth: The Ultimate Smackdown

Students at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (CULVERHOUSE)

Culverhouse College Of Business Works To Meet Emerging Needs In Cybersecurity

Skip The Mailroom: The Manderson MBA Propels Early-Career Graduates Into Success

Manderson MBA Serves Those Who Serve

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (KOGOD)

An AI Makeover: A Business School’s Ambitious Effort In Artificial Intelligence

Kogod School Of Business: Cultivating Purpose-Driven Business Leaders

A Top B-School Unveils A New Curriculum Designed With Gen Z In Mind

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO

Huge Gift Gives Top Mideast B-School A New Name — And Chapter

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (ELLER)

Another 2-Year MBA Program Downsizes To 1

Arizona State’s W. P. Carey School of Business

ARIZONA STATE (W. P. CAREY)

Arizona State Carey Launches AI Degree Program — The First Of Its Kind In The U.S.

Arizona State Receives $25 Million Dollars to Build Real Estate Program

Arizona State Carey Prof Arrested In Shooting Death Of His Wife

Artificial Intelligence & Business Education Seminar

Arizona State W. P. Carey and Thunderbird Partner on AI and Global Management Master’s Degrees

ASIA SCHOOL OF BUISNESS

The P&Q Interview: Asia School Of Business Dean Sanjay Sarma On The Ways Tech Is Changing B-Schools

AUBURN UNIVERSITY (HARBERT)

The Deep Dive: What Makes Auburn’s Harbert College So Unique

BABSON COLLEGE

Startup Hub Babson Reports MBA Pay & Bonus Growth In 2023, But Jobs Were Harder To Find

At Babson College, Entrepreneurs Celebrate Northern Ireland’s Progress & Potential

With Major Gift, Babson College To Launch C. Dean Metropoulos Institute For Entrepreneurship And Technology

Babson College Names New Provost

Babson College Launches New Doctor of Business Administration Program

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

One Small School In The U.S. South Is Outpacing Most Of The Ivy League

MBA Roundup: Baylor Hankamer Dean Departing

BENTLEY UNIVERSITY (MCCALLUM)

Bentley Launches A Professional MBA For What Comes Next

BRADFORD SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Bradford School of Management to launch new MSc Entrepreneurship in Practice

The atrium at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business

BOSTON UNIVERSITY (QUESTROM)

BU’s Questrom Creates A $50 Million Center To Tackle Anti-Capitalist Sentiment

Best Practice: An Unusual Career Innovation Helps Questrom Students Land The Jobs They Want

Making The Case For Capitalism: Questrom Launches A Well-Funded Mehrotra Institute

BRYANT UNIVERSTY

Bryant University Names New Dean of College of Business: Northeastern’s Todd M. Alessandri

CAMBRIDGE JUDGE

Cambridge Judge Dean: 3 Areas Of Resolve For 2024

The Uniqueness Of An Oxbridge MBA

Why Two Cambridge Students Created An MBA Climate ‘Call To Action’

Inspiring Minds: Cambridge Judge MBA Wins 2024 Edie Hunt Award

Cambridge Judge Business School Launches Cambridge Peaceshaping and Climate Lab

Cambridge Gets Its Man: Judge School Goes Inside For New Dean

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (TEPPER)

How CMU Tepper Confronted — And Overcame — A Challenging 2023 MBA Job Market

How Carnegie Mellon Is Putting AI To Work In Business

The P&Q Interview: Carnegie Mellon Tepper Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou On AI

Tepper’s AI Entrepreneurs: Achieving The Intelligent Future Through Collaboration & Innovation

Tepper Students Win Big at National Black MBA Association Case Competition

Non-Traditional Background? You Still Have A Place In An MBA Program, This Tepper MBA Says

The Polsky Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business hosts an annual Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition conference.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (BOOTH)

Chicago Booth Introduces New Master’s Programs In Finance And Management

Chicago Booth Changes Course In ‘Emailgate,’ But Alumni See Only Partial Victory

Chicago Booth’s New MIM & MIF Programs: What Students Can Expect This Fall

The Real Chicago Booth: Debunking Myths About the School

Meet Four Students From Booth’s Inaugural Master In Management Class

This Startup Just Won The New Venture Challenge’s Biggest-Ever Prize: $1M

Consortium Welcomes Its 4th Member From The M7 In The Last 4 Years

Three Misconceptions About The Chicago Booth School Of Business

Four Things You May Not Know About Booth’s MiM Program

Chicago Booth Master In Finance Program Gets $60M — And A New Name

Booth Welcomes Its First MiM & MiF Cohorts — And Opens Applications For The Next

Chicago Booth Launches New Family Office Initiative

Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: MBAs’ Pathway To Business Ownership & Growth

In 2024, Someone With A 2.36 Undergrad GPA Got Into This M7 B-School

Chicago Booth MBA Students In Class Bidding Kerfuffle With MiM & MiF Colleagues

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (POWERS)

Clemson MBA Program Announces AI in Business Certificate

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (LEEDS)

How B-School Students Boosted A Husband-And-Wife Culinary Venture

COLUMBIA BUISNESS SCHOOL

MBA Educators Have A Huge New Tool In The Fight Against Climate Change

What Does It Say About The MBA Job Market That An M7 School Has Yet To Publish Its 2023 Employment Report?

For Columbia MBAs, 2023 Was A Historically Difficult Job Market

‘Dream Big, Be Resilient’: How This Blind MBA Student From India Made It To Columbia Business School

Will The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Cost This Columbia B-School Prof His Career?

Bain Consultant: The ROI Of An MBA From Columbia Business School

Tips for Columbia Business School’s 2024-2025 Essays

Columbia Business School Completes The M7 Picture: Apps Way Up At All 7 Elite B-Schools

Columbia Wins: Only B-School To Report A Rise In MBA Job Offers & Acceptances In 2024

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Anatomy Of An MBA Makeover: UConn’s Flex & OMBA Programs

UConn School Of Business Dean Steps Down

COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL

U.S. Grad Unlocks Sustainability Career With MBA From Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School: Europe’s Sustainability Vanguard

Cornell Tech Classroom overlooking Manhattan

CORNELL UNIVERSITY (JOHNSON)

P&Q’s MBA Admissions Director Of The Year For 2023: Cornell Johnson’s Eddie Asbie

How Cornell MBA Students Coach Undergrads Through ‘Grand Challenges’

Innovation In Sustainability: A Cornell Student’s Journey To Startup Launch

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (TUCK)

How to Get Into Dartmouth Tuck: Tips To Convey Your Fit

Dartmouth Tuck Receives Its Biggest Outright Gift Ever: $37.5 Million

Books For MBAs: Tuck’s Vijay Govindarajan On How Data & AI Will Transform Products, Companies & Business School Classrooms

Tuck & Sustainability: It’s A Green Thing

Tuck Launches MBA Application for the Class of 2027

Women In Finance: Meet Five Tuck Alumnae Leaders

Why This Ivy’s Top-Ranked Business & Medical Schools Are Partnering On A New Master’s Degree

It Was Much Harder To Get Into Dartmouth Tuck’s MBA Program This Year. Here’s Why

Interviewing At Tuck? Be Prepared To Answer These Questions

Dartmouth Tuck MBAs ‘Got Results,’ Dodged Worst Of What 2024 Threw At Them

MBA Internship Diaries: Tuck MBAs Reflect On A Summer Of Growth

From Tuck To The B20: Three MBA Fellows Helped Bridge Business & Government Policy At Brazil Summit

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (DANIELS)

Denver’s Daniels College Finds A New Dean In Virginia: Naomi Boyd

DUKE UNIVERSITY (FUQUA)

Duke Fuqua’s Improv Course Teaches MBA Students To Be Quick On Their Feet

How To Tackle Duke’s 25 Random Things Q + Example Essay

Six Tips For Getting Into Duke Fuqua’s MBA Program

Duke Fuqua Becomes 24th Member Of The Consortium

Duke Names A Two-Year Interim Dean For Fuqua

2024-2025 MBA Admissions: Duke Fuqua To End ‘Open’ Interview Period For Applicants

An Unlikely Collaboration: How Duke Fuqua MBAs Turned Fresh Research Into Cash

Duke Fuqua Received More MBA Apps Than Ever For Fall 2024 — And The Result Was Historic

Mastering The Duke Fuqua MBA Interview Process

Tech’s Woes Crystallized In Duke MBA Jobs Report

DURHAM BUSINESS SCHOOL

Why I Chose To Study The Durham MBA In The UK

All students in EDHEC’s Global MBA program take part in the Sustainable Impact Challenge, a five-month long project in which students work with real companies to solve a sustainability problem. Courtesy photo

EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL

3 top European B-schools launch 3-year ‘Global Economic Transformation & Technology’ degree program

3 Top B-Schools, 2 Master’s, 1 Certificate: Europe’s Newest Elite Tech Triad

France’s EDHEC Business School Launches An Online MBA

With A Forward-Looking Strategic Plan, France’s EDHEC Cements Focus On Climate & Sustainability

Future-Proof Your CV With ESG Skills – Why Innovative ESG Education Matters

P&Q Interview: EDHEC Dean Emmanuel Métais On ‘Net-Positive’ Business

EDHEC’s Global MBA: Where Sustainability Meets Entrepreneurship

EGADE

The P&Q Interview: Horacio Arredondo, Dean Of EGADE Business School

EMLYON

A B-School First: How This Emlyon Dean Is Pushing The Boundaries Of Classroom Innovation