Haas School Joins Global Network, Connecting Students Across Continents
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has become the 28th member of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), an initiative launched at Yale University School of Management that connects students and faculty to peers across the world.
Launched by Yale School of Management Dean Edward Snyder in 2012, GNAM offers members the opportunity to learn and to network in a global community.
Percentage of Female MBA Students at Haas Dips Slightly, but Total Number of Women in Program Reaches New High
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The Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley last year made headlines when it enrolled a record-setting 43 percent women in its incoming class, besting all other leading business schools and representing a 14-point gain over the year before, when female MBA students at Haas made up just 29 percent of the class. This year, Haas saw a slight decline in women in its incoming class—to 41 percent. But combined with the women in last year’s class, the program as a whole now counts more total women than ever before, the school points out.
Overall, the full-time MBA program still hovers at almost 43 percent female, making it a frontrunner for top MBA programs. “School and student leaders say the class composition both reflects and builds on their push for gender equity,” read a recent article on the Haas website. Continue reading…
As California Real Estate Markets Grow, Real Estate MBA Become More Popular
The California Association of Realtors (CAR), has reported that California real estate sales have increased in 2015 and predict that sales will continue to improve throughout the rest of the year and that prices will grow steadily over the rest of this year and the next. In June 2015, CAR released the 2015 California Housing Market Forecast. The report found that existing home sales for the year had reached 5,275, up from 4,940 in 2014. CAR also predicts that the numbers will continue to grow to at least 5,490 in 2016.
This increase in market sales and prices has made it more important than ever for real estate professionals to be as educated as possible in their field. An MBA in Real Estate from a California Business School can help you to become the educated and trained real estate business professional needed to succeed in the industry. There are several programs across the state that offer Real Estate as a concentration or specialization along with the MBA degree.
Bloomberg reported that in 2013, about 15 percent of business schools surveyed by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), reported having graduate and undergraduate degree programs with an emphasis on real estate. The number of programs has only increased since then. Bloomberg also reports that the number of programs offering a real estate-related program has risen by more than 30 percent over the last ten years.
Haas-Accenture Partnership Creates New Big Data Curriculum
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From financial services to retail to utilities, companies in an ever-increasing range of industries are exploring and implementing big data and analytics. To equip its MBAs with the tools they need to understand how data science stands to transform business, the Haas School at the University of California at Berkeley has forged a new partnership with global management consulting, technology and outsourcing company Accenture. Together, they have launched a multi-phase initiative designed to position big data squarely within the Haas curriculum.
“Today, every company is a technology company, every company is a software company, every company is a data company,” says Gregory La Blanc, a finance and technology lecturer at Haas. “To be successful, our students need to know how to navigate the strategic landscape in a world filled with all this data.” Continue reading…
Haas Names New Executive Fellow
Haas School of Business has recently named Debby Hopkins as a new Executive Fellow, according to a press release from the school. Hopkins is Citi’s Chief Innovation Officer and CEO of Citi Ventures. Haas created their Executive Fellowship in 2007 so that respected businesspersons could advise the dean, faculty, and staff as well as give Haas students a chance to see their expertise and trailblazing ideas. Continue reading…
Berkeley Haas Center Expands Social Sector Leadership Focus
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A new name and a new logo help trumpet the expanded mission of a center devoted to advancing social sector leadership at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Previously known as the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, the renamed Center for Social Sector Leadership (CSSL) seeks to help develop a new generation of business leaders focused on fostering social impact across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, the school reports.
“The future requires collaboration between these sectors, and Berkeley-Haas is arguably the best place to define how this next generation of problem solving works,” Ben Mangan, executive director of the rechristened Center for Social Sector Leadership, said in a statement. The center focuses on training MBA students to become multi-sector leaders, helping them build skills that will serve them as corporate leaders, public advisors and members of nonprofit and social enterprise boards. Continue reading…
