US universities forge global links with EMBA programs

by billso on Friday, 29 February 2008

From the New York Times: US uni­ver­si­ties are part­ner­ing with inter­na­tional schools to add global reach to exist­ing exec­u­tive MBA (EMBA) pro­grams. UCLA awards EMBA degree to stu­dents from National Uni­ver­sity of Sin­ga­pore, after the stu­dents com­plete res­i­dency pro­grams in Los Ange­les, Ban­ga­lore, Shang­hai and Singapore.

HPU’s EMBA pro­gram is con­ducted entirely in Hon­olulu. Surely there are uni­ver­si­ties around the world that would send their EMBA stu­dents to Hawaii for a few weeks. The Uni­ver­sity of North Florida is located in Jack­sonville, and accord­ing to this arti­cle, stu­dents are will­ing to attend UNF’s Global MBA program.

The EMBA degree is expen­sive, but there are alter­na­tives. Henry Mintzberg picks apart MBA pro­grams in his book, Man­agers Not MBAs. He makes some excel­lent points. The MBA is not a cure-all or a golden ticket. I earned my MBA in 1988 with lim­ited work expe­ri­ence. I spent a few years in the late 1990s in indus­try, and I con­sult on Oahu. My life is like an never-ending post-doctorate in management.

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