Deans' Panel: A Conversation With Leaders Of Top Online MBA Programs

As part of our robust coverage around the 2021 Poets&Quants Best Online MBA Programs, P&Q had a Zoom call with leaders from four of this year’s top online MBA programs.

The video above is a 25-minute panel with Ramesh Venkataraman, Indiana Kelley’s associate dean for information and instructional technologies and chair of Kelley Direct MBA and M.S. Programs; Cindy McCauley, Carnegie Mellon Tepper’s executive director of online master’s programs; Joyce Russell, dean of the Villanova School of Business; and Steve Allen, North Carolina State’s interim associate dean of academic programs.

During the panel discussion, the deans and directors speak about this year’s rankings, the current state of the online MBA degree, the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the online space, the most exciting and new aspects of their individual programs, advice to applicants considering an online MBA degree, and more.