After Outcry, U. of Wisconsin Drops Plan to Suspend Admissions to 2-Year M.B.A. Program

"Last week’s announcement that the University of Wisconsin at Madison planned to suspend admissions to its business school’s two-year M.B.A. program prompted such a fierce backlash from students and alumni that the new business dean reversed course on Wednesday. The school, she said, would work to strengthen the program, not scrap it.

The flip-flop at one of the nation’s premier public universities is just the latest sign of turmoil among full-time M.B.A. programs, which have struggled through three straight years of declining applications." …

http://www.chronicle.com/article/After-Outcry-U-of-Wisconsin/241565