Yesterday, in the course of my normal business, I went to interview the CEO of one of the most successful (and largest) technology companies in New Zealand. During the course of conversation we started to talk about our own educational experiences. It turned out that he had studied for an MBA in the US around 6 years ago. His previous experiences of higher education had been in New Zealand, and in the UK.
He commented on how much he had enjoyed the study experience of his MBA. In part this was because he enjoyed the challenge of the MBA, and applying his experience to the work on the program. However he also remarked on how "real" the case studies and the group work had been on his MBA. It was his opinion that the US took professional education very seriously, and was particularly good at combining education and industry experience to create a really effective learning environment for students.
# posted by Mary @ 2:28 PM
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