At our orientation this year I commented on how, in light of the current financial debacle, this year’s class was fortunate from a timing standpoint in that they were embarking on their MBA, MS in Tax and/or MS in Industrial Technology degrees (whether it was by intentional design or blind luck) now rather than later.

The Wall Street Journal just published the following article on this very topic.

Escape Route: Seeking Refuge in an MBA Program

Check it out. Your thoughts?

I am curious to learn more about the reasons some of you are here. Pray tell.

Prof. Carr Oct. 15, 2008 addendum: And here is a local SLO Tribune article that appeared in today’s paper, Ethics and Responsibility Are Hot Topics for Students at Poly’s Orflea College of Business, that relates to this post and also features several of your classmates. Good job Nic, Amy and David!  And a good pic of the three of you as well.

Thanks to Dan Harris at the China Law Blog for this lead.

Last year we rode the maglev train in Shanghai to get to the airport. Students loved the whiz bang of the thing. Click HERE to see a post on The Little Red Blog and the the latest internet video on the maglev and its speed. We will try to ride it again this year (can’t guarantee it; always depends on schedule, time we have, routes we take, budget, etc.)

Question that relates to your coursework (e.g., economics), politics and infrastructure development:

Which came first in China, infrastructure development followed by foreign investment attracted by that development, or, more open/liberal economic policies (translation: “pro business policies”) which in turn attracted foreign investment and THEN followed by infrastructure development? Let’s see how deep your understanding of facts, history, business and economics go …