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2021 EXECUTIVE MBA COUNCIL SURVEY SHOWS ADAPTATIONS POWERED BY TECHNOLOGY

EMBAC

“Despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, EMBA Programs continue to innovate and adapt, with 47.6 percent indicating a change in program delivery this year, compared to 30.3 percent in 2020. The biggest changes result from online and virtual or blended and hybrid additions.”

BIG EMPLOYERS OF BUSINESS-SCHOOL GRADS ARE CUSTOMIZING THE DEGREES

PATRICK THOMAS

“Full tuition reimbursement for executive M.B.A.s, which usually includes older working professionals, declined to 18% of students in 2020 from 40% in 2003, according to the Executive MBA Council, an industry group.”

IBT EXECUTIVE MBA RANKINGS 2021: TOP U.S. EMBA SCHOOLS REVEALED

“The Executive MBA Council's research shows that female enrollment in EMBA programs in 2020 reached 32%, at its highest ever, from 29.7% in 2016. That means, close to one in three new enrollments in EMBA programs is a woman. Those numbers alone indicate the importance of gender diversity in ranking business schools.”

BUSINESS SCHOOLS ARE NO LONGER THE L&D SOLUTION

DERRICK THOMPSON

“Organizations are relying less on business schools to supplement their L&D initiatives for leadership development, according to A New Way of Learning and Working, a report that the Executive MBA Council commissioned and CarringtonCrisp conducted. While most employers see the need to re-skill as key to future employability, they are prioritizing less-traditional learning solutions as the preferred method for their workers to attain new skills.”

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