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28 Feb 2018

HBS College Night

Are you a college student in the Greater Boston Area? Join us on Wednensday, February 28th to learn about all the ways college students can... View Details

June 2021
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Linda Oubré at Whittier College (B)

By: Debora L. Spar and Haley P. Brown

The case follows President Linda Oubré (HBS MBA Class of 1984) as she seeks to move Whittier College towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details

Keywords: Women And Leadership; Racial Disparity; Higher Education; Education; Diversity; Race; Change Management; Gender; Los Angeles; California; United States

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13 Dec 2018

College Programs Webinar

This webinar will focus on all opportunities for current college students at HBS, including the deferred admissions 2+2 Program, Summer Venture in Management Program and Peek Weekend. View Details

05 Jan 2016

HBS College Night

Are you in the Boston area for your college winter break? Join us on Tuesday, January 5th at to learn about all the ways college students can experience the HBS MBA. The... View Details

11 Aug 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

point of view, right? If you're looking for a college you want to know that your child is going to be well cared for there, that they're going to have a good experience. The students themselves are thinking... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

01 Mar 2022

HBS College Programs Information Session at University College London

Do you know where an MBA can take you? HBS offers two programs for internationally-based college students that they can take advantage of - Peek, a virtual MBA preview experience, and 2+2 our deferred... View Details

15 Oct 2014

HBS LGBT College Night

Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Association (LGBTSA), LGBT College Night is an opportunity for Boston-area View Details

05 Oct 2016
Blog Post

The Women’s College Cohort at Peek Weekend

curiosity around what such a short program could possibly provide. What would be the impetus—both for students and the program administrators—to participate? After talking to someone who wrote a similar article in MBA Voices about her... View Details

05 May 2015
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HBX Announces Additional Agreements with Liberal Arts Colleges

January 2009 (Revised May 2009)
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College Summit: Rethinking the Relationship Between Growth and Impact

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta

College Summit, a nonprofit organization "committed to the day when every student who can make it in college makes it to college," was faced with an important strategic decision. After growing rapidly at more than 30% a year for the last several years, founder and CEO,... View Details

Keywords: Secondary Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry

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2014
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College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea

By: Christopher Avery, Alvin E. Roth and Soohyung Lee

This paper examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South Korean setting where the national government sets rules governing applications. We identify some basic facts about the behavior of colleges before and... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Higher Education; Policy; Government and Politics; Education Industry; South Korea

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29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing

touchdown—a climactic capper on one of the most exciting college football games ever. The play put BC on the map for college aspirants. In two years, applications had shot up 30 percent. Ever since,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Advertising; Sports

26 Mar 2020

College Programs Series: SVMP

This webinar will give students the opportunity to learn more about SVMP. Summer Venture in Management is a one-week residential educational program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity... View Details

13 Feb 2020

College Programs Series: SVMP

This webinar will give students the opportunity to learn more about SVMP. Summer Venture in Management is a one-week residential educational program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity... View Details

03 Nov 2021
Video

Looking Ahead - Applying to MBA Programs from College

25 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

otherwise.” Gompers, an All-American runner who graduated from Harvard College in 1986 and held the Harvard record for the 10,000 meter race in track for thirty years, says intercollegiate varsity athletics forges valuable soft skills... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Education Startup Connects Filipino students to Colleges and Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

27 Apr 2015
News

HBX, HBS’s Online Education Initiative, Announces Agreement with Amherst College

August 2000
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Developing Nurse Practitioners at the College of St. Catherine

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Sarah S. Khetani

Margaret McLaughlin has just begun her new appointment as the Dean of Health Professions at the College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. As an education leader, her charge is to develop Minnesota's health care workforce for the future. She is... View Details