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- 15 Sep 2017
- News
Christopher Harland (MBA 1984)
operations in Brazil and Mexico and opened new offices in Peru, Columbia, and Chile. He is now a partner in the Advisory Group at PJT Partners. When making philanthropic choices, Harland and his wife, Ashley Leeds, consider what matters most to them and their family.... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
privately held Landmark, but he remains head of the Landmark Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the business that has helped many charitable and educational organizations. Over the years, his contributions to his community have been... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Cofounder and activist in residence, B Lab UK Kim Coupounas (MBA/MPA 1995) Global Ambassador, B Lab and Head of Impact, B Lab US & Canada Business as a Tool for Activism BIO BIO As the recent IPCC report made clear, this is a “Code Red” moment in human history,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
HBS's Unique Economic Model
Rick Melnick Harvard Business School is renowned for educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Less well known is the economic model that enables HBS to do this—model that is unique in higher... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
closer, you’ll see that the characteristics of CEOs really have changed. And many of the factors that determine access to power also have changed. Is the importance of higher education one example? If you... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
The investment we make in a young person’s higher education is the biggest investment we’re making in their life, and the idea that we would pay a quarter of a million dollars for a student to have an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
students, Khan wants parents to feel “Oh, I can do this. This isn’t impossible.” Today, Khan Academy usage is up about 250 percent, student and teacher registration rates are six times higher than normal, and parent registrations are 20... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Records an “Excellent” Year
Fiscal year 2007 “proved to be an excellent financial and operational year for Harvard Business School,” declared CFO Richard Melnick (MBA ’92) in the School’s newly released annual report. He cited continued growth in the global economy and strong demand for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
High-Level Impact
enjoy special benefits connecting them more closely with the work of the School. The establishment of this new society reflects the critical role that annual gifts, particularly at higher levels, play in driving innovation and new... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Improving the lives of underprivileged children in rural India
children. “We need to ensure that India’s children have access to quality education to help them realize their true potential,” says Mittal. The foundation has also set up specialized centers for higher... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
began volunteering with foster kids, taking them the symphony, the ballet, and museums. But the adoption request was a game-changer. “That day, I realized while we made their day, we hadn’t done anything that improved a life trajectory like View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- News
Remembering His Roots
invest in the educational and professional potential of men and women whose young lives were spent as migrant farm workers. Living by the cycle of fruit harvests, a basic education for these kids was often... View Details
Keywords: farmworkers
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Liberal Smarts
talked to Mahindra about higher education, his passion for liberal arts, and his grand plans for an American-style university in India. What gap did you see in education that required this new school? In... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Issues Upbeat 2006 Annual Report
million. These and many more details are laid out in charts, tables, and narrative in the recently released HBS 2006 Annual Report. Revenue from all sources for fiscal 2006, which ended last June 30, topped $368 million. HBS is unique in U.S. View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
chief Arne Duncan his secretary of education in 2008, there was great optimism in the charter school movement. Duncan, after all, had long welcomed charters—public schools operating outside the education... View Details
- 31 Mar 2017
- News
Turning Teachers into Leaders
Sophie Lippincott Ferrer (MBA 2006) is a senior consultant with Education First, a national policy and strategy consulting firm that partners with education leaders to design and accelerate policies and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
off going with really smart investors, even if it costs you more, because they're going to increase the probability of success. It's better to own less of a business that has a higher likelihood of success than more of one that is going... View Details
- 04 Feb 2008
- News
After Twenty Years, Rankings Remain Controversial
and scholarly reputations of faculty, writes HBS professor Rakesh Khurana in his new book, From Higher Aims to Hired Hands. BusinessWeek had the audacity to base its rankings on the view of the schools’ two main “customers,” students and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Author: Thomas H. Fischgrund (MBA ’80)
Yes. Students with higher SAT scores do better in college, particularly in their first year. I expect that the kids I interviewed will all be successful in their chosen careers. I plan to follow their progress over the years. Most of them... View Details
- 02 Jul 2008
- News
No Pulp Fiction Allowed
a lot, it turns out in this centennial year of the MBA. Keeping the degree fresh and relevant — and worth the large price tag — actually makes for interesting reading. My favorite is HBS professor Rakesh Khurana's sweeping critique of American business education, From... View Details