Barbara Coward's Blog

The banking crisis with the collapse of SVB and now the merger of Credit Suisse with UBS can make you more jittery than a double espresso. But don’t worry if you get laid off or have a gap on your resume. Why the Assistant Dean of Yale School of Management says “life happens.”

Applicants often dwell on whether getting an MBA is worth the price-tag — and rightfully so. But it’s also worth contemplating the cost of forgoing the degree.

Click here to read more in my article for Poets&Quants.

Valentin Vassilev, Access MBA

The MBA degree has long been considered as a ticket to success, a gilded highway to a high-flying international career and significantly higher income. Achieving these goals is guaranteed by a great variety of MBA programmes, not just a few top-ranked business schools.  

Over the last three weeks, we covered compensation, exit opportunities, the work itself and impact. This week, we’re finishing off the series by comparing the lifestyle.