Worth it? MBA | 经济学人 [E516]
本文音频及原文摘自杂志The Economist 2016年第42期，Business版块。
The world’s best MBA programmes
Oct 15th 2016
While many MBA programmes are feeling the pinch[1], life is rosy[2] for the very best business schools. Chicago retains its place at the top of our ranking of full-time MBAs. It is the sixth time in seven years that it has taken first place. Like most of Chicago’s peers, nearly all of its MBA class can expect to find a job immediately after graduation, with a basic salary well in excess of[超过;多于] $100,000. Such degrees do not come cheap. The average cost of tuition at the top 15 schools is $112,000. America, the spiritual home of the MBA, dominates our list, accounting for 11 of the top 15 schools. The ranking is based on a mix of hard data and subjective marks given by students. It weights data according to what students tell us is important. The four categories covered are: opening new career opportunities (35% weighting), personal development and educational experience (35%), increasing salary (20%) and the potential to network (10%).
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注释
[1]feel the pinch：to have problems with money because you are earning less than before （由于收入减少而）手头拮据
When my father lost his job and we had to live on my mother's earnings, we really started to feel the pinch.
当父亲下岗，我们的生活不得不依靠母亲的工资时，我们开始真正感受到了手头拮据。
[2]rosy：If a situation is described as rosy, it gives hope of success or happiness. 光明的；有希望的；美好的
Our financial position is rosy.
我们的经济状况良好。
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MBA百科
工商管理硕士（MBA）是一种专业硕士学位，与一般硕士研究生有所不同。
首先是培养目标不同，MBA是培养能够胜任工商企业和经济管理部门高层管理工作需要的务实型、复合型和应用型高层次管理人才，而其他硕士研究生是培养具有扎实理论基础和较强的科研和教学能力的高层次科研型和教学型人才；
其次是培养对象不同，MBA的招生对象一般为大学本科毕业、大专毕业生、具有三年以上工作实践经验的国家机关事业单位干部和工商企业管理人员及技术人员，而其他硕士研究生可以招收应届毕业生，也可以招收在职人员；
第三是培养方式不同，MBA教育从本质上讲是一种职业训练，特别强调在掌握现代管理理论和方法的基础上，通过商业案例分析、实战观摩、分析与决策技能训练等培养学生的实际操作技能，使学生接受知识与技能、个性与心理、目标与愿望等方面的挑战，更具有职业竞争的实力，而其他研究生则侧重于理论学习、学术研究。
MBA起初诞生于美国，经过百年的探索和努力，它培养了为数众多的优秀工商管理人才，创造了美国经济发展的神话和奇迹。MBA被誉为"天之骄子"和“管理精英”，成为企业界乃至社会敬重和羡慕的特殊人物，甚至在公众心目中被视为“商界英雄”。据统计，美国最大的500家公司的总经理、董事长等高层主管，绝大多数都是MBA。
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以上言论不代表本人立场。
原文摘自The economist，仅外语学习之用。
其中生词解释来源于Cambridge Dictionaries
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