Kristy Bleizeffer

5 days ago | poetsandquants.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

As a marketing professor, Detlev Zwick built a career exploring how technology changes relationships: between people, between people and things, and how new things are created. His dissertation in the late ’90s explored how the internet made the stock market an online object, making trading seem more like gambling. He’s since written on the rise of data infrastructures, marketing automation, and how technology transforms how marketers do their jobs.

1 week ago | poetsandquants.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

Hello everyone  — Welcome back to Poets&Quants’ Must Reads, a quick, digestible recap of the top business school news, sponsored by CentreCourt, P&Q’s virtual admission events. I’m your host, Kristy Bleizeffer, and I’ll be highlighting the most important P&Q stories you might have missed. So, let’s get to it. No. 1: Undergraduate GPA: The Score You Need To Get Into A Top-50 U.S. MBA ProgramThink your undergraduate GPA is too low for a top MBA program? Think again.

1 week ago | poetsandquantsforundergrads.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

Of course, you’d expect technical rigor in STEM fields from a polytechnic. They are designed to educate the engineers, coders, and scientists who build the tools, systems, and infrastructure of everyday life. Just as important, however, are the tech-savvy who know how to lead, sell, and scale technical innovations.

1 week ago | poetsandquantsforundergrads.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

In terms of higher education generally and business education specifically, few probably saw 2025 coming. A new U.S. administration that seems – how should we put it? – unfriendly to institutions of higher learning. The break-neck pace at which artificial intelligence is changing workplaces and daily lives. A growing skepticism among Gen Z about the value of a college degree, especially as tuition climbs and employers increasingly prioritize skills over diplomas.

1 week ago | poetsandquantsforexecs.com | Kristy Bleizeffer

TOP UK SCHOOLS TEAM UP TO BOOST FEMALE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIPFour of the United Kingdom’s top business schools will come together in London this week to encourage more women to pursue Executive MBA education as a pathway to senior leadership. The June 18 event, Women, Leadership and the Executive MBA: Breaking Barriers – Real Journeys, Real Impact, brings together Cambridge Judge, Imperial College, London Business School, and Oxford Saïd.