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Rice University ranks first in Texas for 10-year return on investment, with alumni seeing roughly $334,000 in gains. Its strong earnings outcomes keep Rice at the top of both short and long-term ROI comparisons statewide.
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Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon finds that viewing passion for work as a moral virtue can harm employees and teams, leading to guilt, burnout and biased treatment of colleagues who are seen as less passionate.
26 Nov
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Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon argues that moralizing a love of work can undermine workplace well-being. Her research shows that treating intrinsic motivation as a virtue fuels guilt, burnout and biased judgments that disrupt team dynamics.
25 Nov
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The extent to which students look racially stereotypical—that is, more or less like members of their racial group—influences how likely they are to persist in a STEM-related field, according to a new study. “I think we live in a presumed meritocracy where people believe what you get on tests and how you do in the classroom is what matters,” says Mikki Hebl, chair of psychological sciences and professor of management at Rice University. “Our research says that your looks do matter and can impact your likelihood to depart or remain in a STEM field. And that is pretty shocking.”
Howard Schultz, former chairman and CEO of Starbucks, will visit Rice University March 6 for a discussion on leadership and the lessons he has learned over the course of his life and business career. Schultz will also share insights from his biography, “From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America.” The presentation, hosted by Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and Baker Institute for Public Policy, is by invitation only.
Much of the early enthusiasm for massive open online courses, or Moocs, focused on how they could disrupt and democratise education — opening elite universities’ courses to the masses. They have long faced one stumbling block, however: barely anyone who starts a Mooc completes it. One trend to address this challenge is caharging for courses that include tutoring or a certificate of completion. Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and 2U, an education technology company, are developing a portfolio of short, online courses for business executives.
The Rice Business Plan Competition, the largest such business plan competition in the world, selected 42 teams to compete in its 19th annual event.
The Rice Business Plan Competition, billed as the world's richest and largest student startup competition, unveiled the 42 teams that will vie for more than $1.5 million in prizes during the 19th annual event.
This week, the question comes from an anonymous BusinessBecause reader looking to the US for their graduate business education. Their question is answered by George Andrews, associate dean of degree programs at the Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business. Question: I'm currently prepping for the GMAT and I'm worried about getting into a top US business school. Do I need 700+ on the GMAT to get into a business school in the US?
Researchers at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and the University of Miami Business School in the US found that CFOs who mimic the way their CEOs talk are not only likely to pocket bigger paychecks, they're also more likely to win seats on their corporate boards.
Michigan Ross is now only one of six Top 25 business schools with online MBA programs, with Carnegie Mellon, UNC at Chapel Hill, Indiana’s Kelley School of Business, the University of Southern California and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.
The risks are well-documented. If you enroll in business school, you’re going to lose two years of pay. You’ll leave a steady job and lose whatever career momentum you had. Chances are, you’ll move half-ways across the country – if not the world. On top of that, you can expect to accrue six figure debt from tuition and living expenses.