D-Briefs

Around the World in Graduate Management Education: Asian schools team up to recruit; Hispanic partnership, new directions in entrepreneurship, catching test cheaters, new grants and programs.

Four Asian Schools Partner for Recruiting in North America, Europe

Four of Asia’s top business schools—the China Europe International Business School, HKUST Business School in Hong Kong, the Indian School of Business, and NTU Nanyang Business School in Singapore—have signed an agreement to collaborate to recruit high-caliber students in Europe and North America. The four schools will engage in promotional activities as a group. The schools have also launched a website where interested applicants can learn more about schools in the coalition.

12 Universities Join Partnership With National Society of Hispanic MBAs

Twelve business schools have joined the University Partnership Program of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs. Created in 2006, the partnership seeks to strengthen the pipeline of Hispanic students who pursue graduate management education. Participating universities provide financial support for qualified Hispanic students.
The new members include the Kogod School of Business at American University, the Graduate School of Management at Clark University, Columbia Business School, the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, George Mason University’s School of Management, the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary, the George Washington University School of Business, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Thunderbird School of Global Management, the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii, and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. With these new additions, the partnership now includes 54 member universities.