How Good Is an Online MBA?
Monday, May 15, 2000 By Anne Fisher DEAR ANNIE: I’d like to get an MBA, and since I live quite some distance from the nearest university with a graduate business school, I’m toying with the idea of getting a degree online. Do you know of any comprehensive catalog or listing of schools that currently offer online MBAs? Also, do you have a clear sense of whether employers value these degrees as highly as the regular kind? MARY ANN DEAR MARY ANN: I’ve been curious myself about whether virtual credentials carry as much weight as the kind you earn in person, so I’ve done a lot of asking around about this, and so far, anyway, the answer is a resounding “maybe.” On the one hand, companies seem to like the notion of training people online. A recent survey of human resources managers, by workplace consultants Drake Beam Morin, found that an almost unanimous 94% believe technology-based learning is a viable option for teaching professional development (a.k.a. soft skills). About three-quarters o
