Why MBAs Matter as Business Schools Address Change
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Why get an MBA? For Molly Latham, who graduated in May from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business, the answer had everything to do with wanting to successfully make a career change. (McCombs is No. 19 among US programs in this year’s Bloomberg BusinessweekBest B-Schools rankings). Latham had been working in the nonprofit world for about 10 years after college, and as she became aware of social impact roles—one in particular with the jewelry brand Kendra Scott caught her eye—she realized that positioning herself to seriously apply for such jobs would require more education. “An MBA in particular could help to get me there,” she says.