The worse the economy gets, the more popular business degrees become. By Richard Northedge
More people than ever want to study for an MBA, the course first offered by Harvard more than a 100 years ago. The London Business School has had 3,500 applications for this month’s 400 places. Demand for business courses in the UK is up by 8 per cent.
Jane Delbene, the director of marketing at the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which sets the entry tests used by many business schools, says: “There’s an inverse relationship to the economy. When the economy’s down, people decide they want to go to business school.” ...
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