Subject: U.S. News's 2012 rankings
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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:23:26 -0400

SOOO exciting.
The Stanford University Graduate School of Business<http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/graduate-school-of-business-01028> surpassed Harvard Business School<http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/business-school-01110> for the top spot in U.S. News's 2012 rankings of Best Business Schools<http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools>. Stanford had tied with Harvard for the lead spot for the past three years, but was able to claim sole possession this year as Harvard's overall score slipped to 98 from the 100 that had become commonplace for the Cambridge, Mass. institution.
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The change at the top of the rankings is far from the only shift taking place in the business school realm. M.B.A. programs nationwide are being forced to drastically alter their approach to M.B.A. instruction given the increasingly global nature of the business world. Esteemed programs like the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School<http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/wharton-school-01194>, which has the third-ranked international program this year and is tied for third in the overall rankings, and the Yale University School of Management<http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/yale-university-01257>, tied for 10th overall, have made sweeping changes to their curricula to better prepare students to approach their careers with an international mindset. The Thunderbird School of Global Management<http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/thunderbird-school-of-global-management-01273> is this year's top-ranked international M.B.A. program, followed by the University of South Carolina Moore School of Business<http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/university-of-south-carolina-%28moore%29-01199>.

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/2011/03/15/stanford-tops-harvard-in-2012-best-business-schools-rankings

Casey Owens
US-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue
Treasury Department
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