Is US MBA losing its sheen?

There is a growing feeling that Indian students are being exploited in American B-Schools due to their hardworking and ambitious nature. If one Indian student is admitted, he is supposed to do work of 2 average students from the western countries. The students are getting much more work-life balance in the APAC B-Schools like in Singapore. Europe, SE Asia, Australia and perceivably China based B-Schools are offering good value alongwith work-life balance. That is one of the reasons why the applications to US B-Schools are on a decline despite an overall rise in GMAT takers. #gmat #highereducation #overseaseducation #businessschool #businesseducation

Deans of top US business schools write an open letter to the Trump administration, asking to revise H-1B visa policies to encourage foreign students to apply and continue making the US economy stronger down the line. Thank you Dean Frank Hodge for signing the letter and representing Foster School of Business in this critical appeal. As a current Foster MBA student, I can testify to the benefits of a class that celebrates diversity and has representation from multiple nationalities and backgrounds.

It's not just Harvard. Applications and enrollments of international students in graduate programs dropped last year for the United States. A sustained drop in international students (who often pay full-price, out-of-state tuition) not only creates financial pressure on institutions of public education, it has the potential to harm long-term growth in the United States. One only needs to survey new startups to see how many are founded by recent immigrants. Part of the dynamism of the U.S. economy is due to the flow of international migrants (and by extension, international students). #MBA #immigration #growth