At least one institution in singapore looks closely at qualifications and weeds out the frauds and fakers. what about PAP?
Sacramento State suspends its Singapore MBA program, but plans to bring it back
An MBA program launched in Singapore by California State University Sacramento in 2012 has been suspended amid concerns about how student applications should be handled.
But Pierre Balthazard, dean of the College of Business Administration, said the university is determined to bring back the program as soon as possible. The Singapore program is a key element of a greater plan to overhaul the university's entire global program, he said.
“We will not be on the sidelines for very long,” he said.
Launched with fanfare in 2012 by former dean Sanjay Varshney, the Singapore MBA was a first-of-its-kind program for Sacramento State, and branded as a lower-cost alternative to international programs offered by University of Chicago and University of California Los Angeles.
The 15-month program has graduated three cohorts, each with less than 20 students, with the final cohort finishing this month.
The admissions process has been strained, however, because the university has had trouble receiving formal transcripts and evaluating them in time. This fall, the Office of Graduate Studies was unable to complete that work by the Sept. 1 deadline for admitting a new cohort, business-school officials said. So university officials decided to cancel the cohort and retool the admission procedure.
Getting the MBA program back on track is part of a larger mission to increase international programs. In July, the university hired its first vice president for international programs, Frank Li. Besides fixing the MBA program, his job is to expand Sacramento State's study-abroad programs, add more international elements to Sacramento's curriculum and strengthen partnerships with universities around the world.
“We’re going to increase opportunities for students to be exposed to other languages and cultures, because we want students to be responsible, knowledgeable citizens,” Li said. The university currently has 59 students in study-abroad programs, a figure that is below the average for campuses across the California State University system. But Sacramento State hopes to increase that number by three-fold in the next few years.
The MBA program in Singapore has not yet proved to be a significant source of revenue for Sacramento State — Balthazard said the most recent financial statements showed the Singapore MBA in the black by just $15,000. But as the university focuses on building its international reputation, Balthazard said he expects revenues will "go up significantly."
The value is not all about money and prestige, said Monica Lam, an accounting professor who helped launch the program. The Singapore MBA sends Sacramento faculty overseas to teach each cohort, and those professors return to Sacramento with new contacts with foreign businesses and academics. Those relationships help Sacramento students adopt an international mindset when it comes to business, she said.
"That two-way learning and two-way communication is beneficial," she said.
Sacramento State suspends its Singapore MBA program, but plans to bring it back
An MBA program launched in Singapore by California State University Sacramento in 2012 has been suspended amid concerns about how student applications should be handled.
But Pierre Balthazard, dean of the College of Business Administration, said the university is determined to bring back the program as soon as possible. The Singapore program is a key element of a greater plan to overhaul the university's entire global program, he said.
“We will not be on the sidelines for very long,” he said.
Launched with fanfare in 2012 by former dean Sanjay Varshney, the Singapore MBA was a first-of-its-kind program for Sacramento State, and branded as a lower-cost alternative to international programs offered by University of Chicago and University of California Los Angeles.
The 15-month program has graduated three cohorts, each with less than 20 students, with the final cohort finishing this month.
The admissions process has been strained, however, because the university has had trouble receiving formal transcripts and evaluating them in time. This fall, the Office of Graduate Studies was unable to complete that work by the Sept. 1 deadline for admitting a new cohort, business-school officials said. So university officials decided to cancel the cohort and retool the admission procedure.
Getting the MBA program back on track is part of a larger mission to increase international programs. In July, the university hired its first vice president for international programs, Frank Li. Besides fixing the MBA program, his job is to expand Sacramento State's study-abroad programs, add more international elements to Sacramento's curriculum and strengthen partnerships with universities around the world.
“We’re going to increase opportunities for students to be exposed to other languages and cultures, because we want students to be responsible, knowledgeable citizens,” Li said. The university currently has 59 students in study-abroad programs, a figure that is below the average for campuses across the California State University system. But Sacramento State hopes to increase that number by three-fold in the next few years.
The MBA program in Singapore has not yet proved to be a significant source of revenue for Sacramento State — Balthazard said the most recent financial statements showed the Singapore MBA in the black by just $15,000. But as the university focuses on building its international reputation, Balthazard said he expects revenues will "go up significantly."
The value is not all about money and prestige, said Monica Lam, an accounting professor who helped launch the program. The Singapore MBA sends Sacramento faculty overseas to teach each cohort, and those professors return to Sacramento with new contacts with foreign businesses and academics. Those relationships help Sacramento students adopt an international mindset when it comes to business, she said.
"That two-way learning and two-way communication is beneficial," she said.
