GMAT is the essential passport to prestigious global B-schools institutes such as Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Management with more than 2,000 graduate business programs worldwide require candidates taking GMAT to seek admission.
Mr Wilson is a respected thought-leader and has been associated with GMAC for more than decade. He is an MBA from the University of California (Berkeley), and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He has served as a faculty member in a number of institutions including Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining GMAC, Dr. Wilson was with Ernst & Young in various senior capacities.
Mr Wilson will write a fortnightly column titled ‘A Global Perspective on Graduate Management Education’ for India’s leading management portal – MBAUniverse.com.
Column by Mr David Wilson:
Greetings. I am David Wilson, CEO of the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), an association of leading graduate management programs worldwide, including Dartmouth, Harvard and MIT in the United States; INSEAD and London Business School in Europe; and the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.
I am honored that MBAUniverse.com has invited me to contribute a bi-weekly column on global graduate management education issues, trends, challenges and successes. In this, my first column, I would like to introduce you to GMAC and its resources, and give you an idea of the subjects I would like to explore with you in the weeks and months ahead.
GMAC: A Leading Advocate for Quality Business Schools
GMAC meets the needs of business schools and students by providing a variety of products and services, and serving as a source of research and information on quality graduate management education. Our work falls into two broad areas: collecting and sharing information about key trends and issues having an impact on management education globally; and building instruments for use by graduate management education programs to assess the quality and preparedness of students entering their programs.
GMAC is perhaps best known as the owner and administrator of the GMAT® examination. Available nearly every day of the week in more than 100 countries, the GMAT exam was designed by business schools to measure the verbal, quantitative and analytical writing skills shown to help graduate business students succeed in the challenging curriculum. The computer-adaptive GMAT exam is a valid and reliable predictor of success in graduate business school.
Outside the U.S., India is the top country in which GMAT scores are sent—an indication that increasing numbers of students are interested in attending business school there. But we also see an increasing numbers of Indian students who are interested in studying in other parts of the world, including North America, Europe and other parts of Asia.
A Global Tour of Graduate Management Education Topics
My goal for this column is quite simple: Whether you are a prospective or current MBA student, a recent graduate, a business school faculty member or an employer, I want to share useful and practical information that will help you achieve your goals, regardless of your location or your desired location. Whether success for you is gaining admission to the business school of your choice, making the most of your business education, or better assessing your students and employees, my hope is that the insight and perspective offered in this column will help you achieve it.
Here are some of the issues I plan to address in upcoming columns:
- The importance and goals of assessing prospective graduate business school students
- The GMAT exam
- Global MBA graduate salary trends
- Women and the MBA
- The evolution and future of the MBA
- Global trends in graduate management education
- Visa issues and their impact on studying/working abroad
Along the way, we will explore many other issues. I also hope to bring you the voices and perspectives of experts, friends, and members of GMAC who can offer their unique perspectives on these and other issues of global importance.
Finally, it is my hope and desire that this column becomes a dialogue, and that I can learn from you as much as I’ll be able to share. To that end, your comments, questions, criticisms and suggestions are welcome.
We have much to explore, and you have much to achieve. I look forward to taking the journey together.
