Princeton Review: NC State Online MBA #9 in the world

The great rankings news keeps coming!  This time it is Princeton Review which ranked NC State's MBA #9 in the world on their list of the Top 25 Online MBA Programs.  The ranking is based on a student survey, along with school-reported data on graduation rates, student quality, faculty qualifications, student and career services, and technology support.  Kudos to all who have contributed to the program's success.

NC State MBA zooms to #47 in Businessweek rankings

The full-time NC State MBA program made a huge jump in the Bloomberg Businessweek rankings from #70 to #47 in the US and #20 among public universities.  There was a major change in methodology, which probably have helped some.  Also starting salaries last May were up $10k.  .  

This year the ranking was based on four dimensions.  NC State placed #16 on learning (first time this was ever measured, have to think it reflects the real-world projects), #25 in entrepreneurship (long overdue recognition), #48 in networking (kudos to all who engage with alums and companies), and #61 in compensation (unadjusted for cost of living and taxes of course).  

Other ACC schools that were ranked:

Virginia #9

Duke #15

UNC #23

Georgia Tech #27

Notre Dame #31 

Boston College #59 

Miami #62 

Pittsburgh #68 

Syracuse #77

Bottom line: #47 overall, #20 public universities, #6 ACC.  Great and well-deserved recognition.  

Is a recession on the way in 2020?

So says NYU Stern's Nouriel Roubini, who was one of the very few academic economists who correctly predicted the 2008 market meltdown and subsequent recession.  Roubini thinks that the global economy will continue to grow in 2019, thanks to strong stimulus in the US and China.  But in 2020 he says "conditions will be ripe for a financial crisis followed by a global recession."

His reasons for concern include the end of fiscal stimulus in the US, higher interest rates, tariffs and the resulting uncertainty in global investment, and overpriced stocks.   Roubini also fears that debt levels will be so high that tax cuts and government spending increases will not be viable policy options.  That could mean the 2020 meltdown, if it happens, could be more severe and longer than the Great Recession.