WASHINGTON - This summer, dozens of incoming students at New York’s Columbia Business School had planned to sail around the coast of Croatia for a week to get to know each other. Instead, they are chatting online and playing icebreaker games on Zoom.
It is a far cry from the typical MBA experience which features close contact with fellow students, in-person networking events, trips overseas and lunch sessions with CEOs. The changes have some students reconsidering the value of a degree that can cost upwards of $100,000 a year in tuition, housing, and other fees.
The United States has been hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with more than 1.7 million cases and over 100,000 deaths. Higher education has been upended with most schools sending students home in the spring and moving classes online. Half a dozen international students who have been accepted to the Class of 2022 at U.S. business schools told Reuters they have lots of doubts: Will online classes be fulfilling? What happens to on-campus recruitment events? Even if daily life resumes, will the job market take years to recover?
JanNWolfe humeyra_pamuk Bye
JanNWolfe humeyra_pamuk wait until these other countries get this under some control then think is it worth it to let people travel to and come from America who has chosen to let the disease run wild
JanNWolfe humeyra_pamuk It's been worth as far as you've been worked over it. Otherwise depends upon the student and to the university as a whole. For me educational institutions have far more importance than anything else as far as they act like that.
JanNWolfe humeyra_pamuk US schools have never been worth it. It’s all for-profit education garbage
Says a lot about *how* they got into Columbia Business School
dang ....... back in the 80's, we didn't even get a ride on the NYC Circle Line before starting CBS
Boo Fucking hoo! The 99% are working or looking for summer jobs. MSM just doesn’t get it.
Repeat this... we want our money back!
Working in the virtual world is probably more valuable than working in the “spend 3 business days to fly somewhere”-world
First World problems. Why don't you report on some real news.
Sail around Croatia to get to know each other? Really ? How about just shooting the breeze with a beer ? 🤔
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