John A. Byrne
@johnabyrne.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of Poets&Quants, former Executive Editor of Businessweek magazine, EIC of Businessweek.com and Fast Company magazine
The New MBA Arms Race: How Stanford Is Winning On AI -- Inside the artificial intelligence revolution at the GSB poetsandquants.com/2026/04/22/s... #MBA #businessschool #AI #businesseducation @stanfordgsb1.bsky.social
The New MBA Arms Race: How Stanford Is Winning On AI
Inside AI@GSB: The student movement transforming Stanford’s MBA experience, part of a tsunami of change triggered by artificial intelligence.
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Congrats to AIGAC on their 20th anniversary. Our interview with Linda Abraham and Andrea Sparrey poetsandquants.buzzsprout.com/221123/episo... #MBAAdmissions #MBAApplications #admissionconsulting #MBA #EduSky
MBA Admission Consultants: Should You Hire One? - Poets&Quants
We discuss the 20th anniversary of the AIGAC (Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants)
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What's it really like to be an MBA student at Stanford? After gaining an admit on his fourth try, Nikhil Jain provides the most complete answer to that question you will ever find tinyurl.com/mr2jbe5m #MBA #MBALife #BusinessSchool #BusinessEducation
A Stanford MBA Reflection: Ten Minutes from Where I Sleep
Stanford MBA student Nikhil Jain applied to Stanford's MBA program four times and was finally accepted on his fourth try
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GMAC’s Bluntest Survey Yet: U.S. Losing Global Talent, Candidates Want Proof Not Promises -- Just-released Prospective Students Survey documents a candidate pool that is more ROI-focused, geopolitically aware & demographically complex than ever tinyurl.com/46au7eu8 #MBA #EduSky #BusinessSchool
GMAC's Bluntest Survey Yet: U.S. Losing Global Talent, Candidates Want Proof Not Promises
Prospective Students Survey documents a candidate pool that is more ROI-focused, geopolitically aware & demographically complex than ever.
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The Stanford MBA Experience -- Captured by a current student like nothing you have ever read tinyurl.com/mr2jbe5m #MBA #BusinessSchool
A Stanford MBA Reflection: Ten Minutes from Where I Sleep
Stanford MBA student Nikhil Jain applied to Stanford's MBA program four times and was finally accepted on his fourth try
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The P&Q Interview: AACSB CEO Lily Bi On AI, Enrollment Declines & The Future Of Business Education -- AACSB chief on how AI, shifting demographics & global pressures are forcing B-schools to rethink what defines quality management education tinyurl.com/52fyzpf5 @AACSB
The P&Q Interview: AACSB CEO Lily Bi On AI, Enrollment Declines & The Future Of Business Education
AACSB chief on how AI, shifting demographics & global pressures are forcing B-schools to rethink what defines quality management education.
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Wharton Sweeps The 2026 B-School Research Rankings Again poetsandquants.com/2026/03/18/w... #MBARankings #MBA #BusinessSchool #BusinessEducation #academicresearch #EduSky
Wharton Sweeps The 2026 B-School Research Rankings Again
UT Dallas rewards scale & sustained output; FT elevates global reach & recent influence. The result: two different maps of research prowess.
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Kogod Dean David Marchick on the plunge of international students and its impact on U.S. business schools -- Some programs are seeing 50% to 70% drops in international applications for fall 2026 poetsandquants.com/2026/03/18/a... #MBAapplications #studentvisas #internationalstudents #BusinessSchool
America’s Best Trade Deal: Export Education, Import Founders. It’s Sadly Ending
Business school deans indicate that some programs are seeing 50% to 70% drops in international applications for fall 2026.
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Darden’s New Admissions Chief Comes From Google --- Willie Green, a Duke MBA, led talent outreach at Google and spent eight years in admissions at Fuqua poetsandquants.com/2026/03/17/d... #MBA #MBAAdmissions #MBAapplications
Darden’s New Admissions Chief Comes From Google
UVA hires a talent outreach lead from Google to head up MBA admissions at the Darden School of Business.
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International Women’s Day: Women Fill Business School Classrooms. So Why Do Men Still Run Most Of Them? -- Women now make up 44% of business students worldwide, but men still hold about 70% of deanships tinyurl.com/43zpfwj4 #BusinessEducation #BusinessSchools #women
International Women's Day: Women Fill Business School Classrooms. So Why Do Men Still Run Most Of Them?
Women now make up 44% of business students worldwide, but men still hold about 70% of deanships. Female leaders discuss barriers and progress.
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Why Aussie Ellen Salpietro, a Boeing engineer, traveled 15,700 kilometers and nine time zones to get her MBA in Berlin, Germany. And what most surprised her about living in a new culture poetsandquants.com/2026/03/02/2... #MBA #Internationalstudents #BusinessSchool #MBALife #EduSky
2026 MBAs Abroad: Living & Learning Across Europe
International MBA students from around the world share with Poets&Quants their experiences studying across Europe.
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UVA Darden Taps Korn Ferry To Lead Hunt For New Dean -- Search committee will be led by Darden prof Ronald Wilcox and interim provost Brie Gertler poetsandquants.com/2026/03/04/u... #BusinessSchool #MBA #BusinessEducation #EduSky
UVA Darden Taps Korn Ferry To Lead Hunt For New Dean
Read more news, MBA rankings, and all things related to business education in the Poets&Quants section for MBA News
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Worried about our Democracy and the integrity of this year's midterm elections? So are these former Harvard Business School professors. poetsandquants.com/2026/02/28/n... #Democracy #Trump #elections #BusinessSchool #BusinessEducation #EduSky
Nearly 2 Dozen Retired Harvard Business School Professors Step Into The Democracy Debate
Harvard Business School profs urge business leaders to recognize their responsibilities as citizens: 'The cost of silence is incalculable'.
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Breaking News: Duke Fuqua Names Mary Frances Luce As Dean -- She becomes the first Fuqua alumna to serve as dean poetsandquants.com/2026/03/03/d... #MBA #BusinessSchool #BusinessEducatio #EduSky
Duke Fuqua Names Mary Frances Luce As Dean
Duke names Mary Frances Luce dean of its Fuqua School of Business. She becomes the first Fuqua alumna to serve as dean.
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Meet Harvard Business School’s MBA Class Of 2027 -- The latest student cohort shares their early impressions of the MBA experience at HBS poetsandquants.com/2026/02/28/m... #MBA #BusinessSchool #MBALife #BusinessEducation #EduSky
Meet Harvard Business School’s MBA Class Of 2027
Meet the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2027 through in-depth profiles on their experiences and aspirations
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Nearly Two Dozen Retired Harvard Business School Professors Step Into The Democracy Debate -- 'The cost of silence is incalculable': Profs urge business leaders to recognize their responsibilities as citizens tinyurl.com/bdfxcs8p #Democracy #Trump #BusinessSchool #Professors #EduSky
Nearly Two Dozen Retired Harvard Business School Professors Step Into The Democracy Debate
Harvard Business School profs urge business leaders to recognize their responsibilities as citizens. The cost of silence is incalculable.
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AIGAC Comes Of Age In The MBA Admissions Ecosystem -- Trade group of MBA admission consultants celebrates a 20th anniversary poetsandquants.com/2026/02/24/a... #admissionsconsulting #MBA #MBAApplication #MBAAdmissions #EduSky
AIGAC Comes Of Age In The MBA Admissions Ecosystem
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Former Harvard Business School Prof Loses His Tenure Fight -- Court affirms broad dean discretion In high-profile Ben Edelman case poetsandquants.com/2026/02/22/f... #MBA #BusinessSchool #tenure #professors #academia
Former Harvard Business School Prof Loses His Tenure Fight
Judge Rejects Claims By Former Harvard Business School Professor Ben Edelman Who Claimed He Deserved Tenure
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Trump Effect: 40% Of International Candidates Now Less Likely To Study In U.S. -- Under Trump, the percentage of internationals who are less likely to come to the U.S. for a business graduate degree has more than tripled! tinyurl.com/3s8k27s7 #Trump #studentvisas #F1visa #MBA #EduSky
Trump Effect: 40% Of International Candidates Now Less Likely To Study In U.S.
GMAC’s 2026 Geographic Mobility white paper shows U.S. preference among non-U.S. MBA candidates fell from 57% to 42% in 2025.
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Nominate Your Favorite Business School Professor Under The Age Of 40 P&Q is looking for graduate business professors who are master teachers, business influencers & research pioneers for our 2026 list tinyurl.com/3cc65udv #MBA #faculty #businessprofessors #BusinessSchool #businesseducation #EduSky
Nominate Your Favorite Business School Professor Under The Age Of 40
P&Q is looking for graduate business professors who are master teachers, business influencers, and research pioneers for our 2026 list.
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Still Trending: 2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking: MIT Tops List For The First Time -- We analyze the surprises and shocks poetsandquants.com/2026/02/16/2... #MBARankings #MBA #BusinessSchool #BusinessEducation #EduSky
2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking: MIT Tops List For The First Time
MIT Sloan places first for the first time in the Financial Times MBA ranking which excludes Stanford, Columbia and Bocconi
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2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking: The Fall Of The House Of Booth. Our analysis on why Booth is now ranked 20th by the FT poetsandquants.com/2026/02/18/1... #MBARankings #mba #EduSky
10 Biggest Surprises In The Financial Times 2026 MBA Ranking
Stanford calling it quits & Bocconi and Columbia's omission aren't the only eyebrow-raisers in this year's Financial Times Global MBA list.
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The new Financial Times MBA ranking is out. If you think it’s just another reshuffle of the usual suspects, think again. This year’s list delivered shockwaves. We break down the 10 biggest surprises in the new ranking: tinyurl.com/3adm7ntr #MBA #BusinessSchool #Rankings #HigherEd #MIT #Stanford
10 Biggest Surprises In The Financial Times 2026 MBA Ranking
Stanford calling it quits & Bocconi and Columbia's omission aren't the only eyebrow-raisers in this year's Financial Times Global MBA list.
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10 Biggest Surprises In The Financial Times 2026 MBA Ranking -- Stanford's withdrawal. MIT's big win. Chicago Booth's dive. The rise of Asia. And more poetsandquants.com/2026/02/18/1... #MBA #MBARankings #BusinessSchool #BusinessEducation #EduSky
10 Biggest Surprises In The Financial Times 2026 MBA Ranking
Stanford calling it quits & Bocconi and Columbia's omission aren't the only eyebrow-raisers in this year's Financial Times Global MBA list.
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Trending: Top 50 Consulting Firms To Work For In 2026 -- Extensive survey reveals how consultants feel about their employers such areas las pay, leadership, training, and more poetsandquants.com/2026/02/13/t... #consulting #consultants #consultingfirms #MBA #BusinessSchool
Top 50 Consulting Firms To Work For In 2026
Survey reveals how consultants feel about their employers in areas like pay, leadership, training, and more.
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Today's most read: Our deep analysis of the new Financial Times MBA ranking. We tell you what the FT doesn't. Not a word from the FT on the absence of @StanfordGSB, @Columbia_Biz, @sdabocconi tinyurl.com/573s69wz #MBARankings #MBA #BusinessSchool #BusinessEducation #EduSky
2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking: MIT Tops List For The First Time
MIT Sloan places first for the first time in the Financial Times MBA ranking which excludes Stanford, Columbia and Bocconi
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Stanford Graduate School of Business, with the world's most selective prestige MBA and whose MBA grads routinely score the best pay, has decided to not participate in the Financial Times ranking. Here's why. Is Harvard, ranked 10th, next? poetsandquants.com/2026/02/16/2... #MBARanking #MBA #EduSky
2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking: MIT Tops List For The First Time
MIT Sloan places first for the first time in the Financial Times MBA ranking which excludes Stanford, Columbia and Bocconi
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MIT Sloan is #1. Stanford isn’t ranked. It quit this ranking. Columbia and Bocconi are missing. And the Financial Times says this is the world’s best MBA list 👉 Full breakdown: tinyurl.com/573s69wz #MBA #MBARankings #FinancialTimes #BusinessSchool #HigherEd #PoetsAndQuants #EduSky
2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking: MIT Tops List For The First Time
MIT Sloan places first for the first time in the Financial Times MBA ranking which excludes Stanford, Columbia and Bocconi
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BREAKING: 2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking: MIT Tops List For The First Time -- Stanford abandons the FT ranking. Columbia and Bocconi aren't on the list. Our full analysis poetsandquants.com/2026/02/16/2... #MBA #MBARanking #BusinessSchool #BusinessEducation #EduSky
2026 Financial Times MBA Ranking: MIT Tops List For The First Time
MIT Sloan places first for the first time in the Financial Times MBA ranking which excludes Stanford, Columbia and Bocconi
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