Post by account_disabled on Dec 19, 2023 22:50:29 GMT -5
For several years, McKinsey's “Future ok work” reports have noted a lack of preparation of future graduates for the professional world (note, however, that these reports are not limited to business schools, which are in question here). Unique specificity of the French market for prep classes in an international bachelor/master type model. Which leads students who follow this model to almost graduate with internships when the others only join a Grande Ecole in the first year . Selectivity of business schools in France One element reveals the importance of welcoming more students: the number of places in the entrance exam. It keeps growing. Many campuses have significantly expanded in recent years. If we look at some figures more closely, the top 5 business schools offer: That’s 320 more places in the Top 5 in 7 years.
Almost the equivalent of one more promotion for the TOP 5. The good news is that this Email Data allows the 2,000th best prep class student to join a Top 5 school, whereas this was not possible just 7 years ago. That said, this increase in the size of promotions is confronted with a very concrete operational reality: the capacity limits of theaters. At the same time as the size of the classes increases, schools are no longer full: 97% full and 8 schools which are not “filling” ( This is a problem which is not/more cyclical since we find the same observations in 2015/2016. This observation is made without any real explanations being provided. These subjects, the interconnection between finances, selectivity and adaptability to the labor market, are particularly sensitive.
A school today must achieve a balance between these 3 dimensions, otherwise it risks losing legitimacy and being downgraded in the rankings. International competition of business schools: global competition International pressure adds to these local tensions. Indeed, business schools are evolving today in a global context on several levels: recruitment of professors, recruitment of students, international career opportunities offered to students and therefore attractiveness, etc. We note 2 types of strategy on this point: the opening/creation of campuses in other territories (Skema, INSEEC U, Toulouse BS, EM Normandie, ESCP Europe, Dauphine, etc.) and the development of partnerships (Audencia, Neoma, etc.). ). Impacts of Covid on business schools French schools have played the international card a lot.
Almost the equivalent of one more promotion for the TOP 5. The good news is that this Email Data allows the 2,000th best prep class student to join a Top 5 school, whereas this was not possible just 7 years ago. That said, this increase in the size of promotions is confronted with a very concrete operational reality: the capacity limits of theaters. At the same time as the size of the classes increases, schools are no longer full: 97% full and 8 schools which are not “filling” ( This is a problem which is not/more cyclical since we find the same observations in 2015/2016. This observation is made without any real explanations being provided. These subjects, the interconnection between finances, selectivity and adaptability to the labor market, are particularly sensitive.
A school today must achieve a balance between these 3 dimensions, otherwise it risks losing legitimacy and being downgraded in the rankings. International competition of business schools: global competition International pressure adds to these local tensions. Indeed, business schools are evolving today in a global context on several levels: recruitment of professors, recruitment of students, international career opportunities offered to students and therefore attractiveness, etc. We note 2 types of strategy on this point: the opening/creation of campuses in other territories (Skema, INSEEC U, Toulouse BS, EM Normandie, ESCP Europe, Dauphine, etc.) and the development of partnerships (Audencia, Neoma, etc.). ). Impacts of Covid on business schools French schools have played the international card a lot.