Written by: Ahalya Srikant
Published by: San Francisco Business Times
MBA News Digest Comment: None.
Extracted Content: After Covid led to layoffs and fewer employment opportunities at companies across the country, MBA programs experienced a significant uptick in enrollment last year. According to a study done by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), two-thirds of MBA programs in the U.S. reported an increase in applicants in 2020. Overall applications to business schools worldwide rose by 2.4%,
But the situation posed by the pandemic didn’t just shift trends among prospective students.Schools responded by adopting flexible admission approaches like extending deadlines and relaxing deferral policies.