Bologna Accord and the MBA

Pact on degrees 'could knock US off management education pedestal'

Financial Times speculates in this article on the impact of the Bologna Accord in management education. The Bologna Accord, "in which 29 European countries agreed to introduce a standardised degree award system based on the Anglo-American system of bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees," will presumably  increase the number of Europeans who will want to pursue an MBA because their initial degrees will take less time and money.

If you want more information and speculation on the Bologna Accord, which should be fully implemented by 2010, you can also download the GMAC report on the topic: "The future of graduate management education in the context of the Bologna Accord Highlights"

The Guardian on the Bologna Accords and the MBA
 

Comments

[Manny]

Linda, there is a great discussion Admissions opinion about MBA consultants on S2S board. Thought you'd find it of interest.
http://s2s.wharton.upenn.edu/wh-wharton/messages?msg=8607.128

[Linda Abraham]

Manny,

Thanks for pointing the discussion out to me. I'm not comfortable joining it, (I agree with the poster who wrote that the student-2-student board is not a place for admissions consultants-- unless of course Sandy becomes a fixture there in which case I will change my opinion, but I will post on my blog my opinion on letters of recommendation and their authorship.

It's a little more nuanced than Sandy's, but basically I agree with him.

Regarding the ethics of educational consultants, I probably should post on that too, but I already did the recommender one. In short those schools that argue educational advising or admissions consulting is unethical should close their undergrad advising offices and writing centers, along with the parts of their own programs that advice graduates on resumes, cover letters, and interview techniques. If they really believe these service are wrong, they should cease providing them. When they do, they can come to talk to me and other admissions consultants.

But until such time that they advise their grads to seek help from their roommates, cousins, and moms, as opposed to experienced professional, I really don't think the schools have much of an argument against admissions consulting.

In the meantime I will continue to offer to all applicants the services that the top universities provide exclusively to their students.