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Garth Saloner, dean and Philip H Knight professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business ©Winni Wintermeyer ONLINE LEARNING Mar 11, 2013

Point of view: Confidence builds in unique setting

Educational technology will refine and extend but not override, the value of the full-time, on-campus MBA experience, writes Garth Saloner

MBA 2013

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James Dean, dean of the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School ©Chris Hildreth ONLINE LEARNING Mar 11, 2013

Point of view: Virtual classes give lesson in reality

Similar tests for both online and full-time students have produced near identical performance, writes James Dean

Mike Skapinker Michael Skapinker Mar 13, 2013

Open web courses are massively overhyped

The Mooc innovation misses an important social point and is in many ways too good to be true

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Online Learning 2013

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illustration of a classroom with 'Google' written on the blackboard ©James Ferguson ONLINE LEARNING Mar 11, 2013

Academic freedom goes global

It is possible to teach more students in one massive online class than any single institution has ever taught, discovers Della Bradshaw

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Masters gym

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MBA Blog Mar 3, 2013

MBA blog

What is it like to study at business school? How do students juggle their workload and their personal life? Read the FT’s MBA blog to find out

Silhoutte of a man looking at the Khan Academy website on a monitor ONLINE LEARNING Mar 11, 2013

Massive open online courses: Time and a little money are a worthy investment

Millions of students have discovered the value of higher learning en masse, Emma Boyde discovers

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Term of the day: ‘alternative investment’

Any investment that is not a stock, bond or cash might be classed as alternative. It includes hedge funds ...

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French business school raises stakes in teaching in English

Essec will teach undergraduate business students in English, increasing competition with UK

BUSINESS SCHOOL NEWS Mar 11, 2013

Brevan Howard gives £20.1m to Imperial College

Hedge fund’s donation to business school is to set up a financial economics research centre

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