MBA News Roundup: Innovative Companies, Brain Drain to Social Enterprise, and the MBA Social Network
Welcome to another installment of Knewton’s MBA News Roundup! This week, check out articles on social enterprise, surviving b-school with a significant other, the Beat-the-GMAT community, and the most innovative companies out there (today and tomorrow). 1. Brain Drain of MBA Students to Social Enterprise Rick Cohen of the Nonprofit …
Should You Get an MBA If You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
Do you really need an MBA? It’s an age-old business question, one we’ve discussed before and that every expert has weighed in on at least once. The debate over whether an MBA is worth the investment becomes even more heated when the question becomes more specific: do you need an …
Video: Walkthrough of our new GMAT course content
A while back our Tech and Academic teams released a big upgrade to our GMAT course content. Check out this video as Sean, one of our GMAT Content Developers, walks through some of the new features — and some of the old ones that got a boost. The highlights: An …
GMAT course upgrade: A new way to watch on-demand classes
We’re really excited to announce another big upgrade to our GMAT course! On top of the recent improvements we made to our content and reporting (oh yeah, and a brand new CAT), we are now rolling out a new on-demand class experience to all of our students. Over the last …
GMAT course upgrade: A brand new CAT, improved content, and smarter progress reporting
It’s been a busy few months here at Knewton! This week, we released several major upgrades to our GMAT course. If you’re a student, the changes are already integrated into your site experience. Here’s what we’ve added: A brand new practice GMAT Totally upgraded course content Better tracking on all …
GMAT course update: Improved concept reporting
Our Adaptive Learning Systems are the heart of the Knewton GMAT course, and we’re always working to improve them. Recently, we released an upgrade to the way we report our student’s conceptual proficiencies. This change came out of several months of research on how our students learn, and we’re really …
GMAT Course update: extra challenge quizzes
Knewton students are an ambitious bunch, so this week we added some extra tough assessments to our GMAT course. If you’re a student, halfway through your class you can try 2 Midterm Challenge Quizzes, high-difficulty 15-question mini-tests geared toward 700+ scorers. At the end of the course, take two Final …
We're looking for a Digital Art Director to join our great team
Based in NYC’s Union Square, Knewton is poised to revolutionize the practice of education with the world’s most powerful adaptive learning engine. Today, our revenues come from our next-gen online test prep classes, but our vision is much wider. We’re rich in eclectic personalities and are ridiculously dedicated. Our intention …
Big News: The Knewton SAT Course is Here
Knewton Launches First Online SAT Prep Course to Use Adaptive Learning Technology Affordable, Interactive Test Prep Course with Advanced Capabilities Provides Students Around the World with the Resources They Need to Ace the SAT New York, N.Y. — March 2, 2010 — Knewton, a leading online educational company, today announced …
Now hiring: Teachers!
Dave Ingber is the Faculty Manager here at Knewton, where he oversees a team of GMAT prep, LSAT prep, and (soon) SAT prep experts. – What’s the position? GMAT, SAT and LSAT teachers (you can be hired to teach one, two or all three of these tests!) What kind of …
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