Written by: John Byrne
Published by: Forbes
MBA News Digest Comment: None.
Extracted Content: Years ago, business schools lured go-getters with weekend executive programs. Others chose the part-time route, devoting their evenings to pursuing greater influence and higher pay. It didn’t matter. They still missed out on family time. That was just the price you paid, most assumed. That is, until online MBA programs grew increasingly sophisticated. Forget ‘MBA Lite.’ The rigor was nearly equal to their full-time counterparts. And the format was tailored to the wild fluctuations of adults with real responsibilities. Better still, online MBAs worked with talented peers and committed faculty – the kind who make business school such a differentiator for their full-time peers.