Earlier this week, the Financial Times published an article summarizing the results of a recent study, conducted at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.  The study asked MBA students whether they care about working for a company with environmentally friendly policies.  The answer was:  not much.  Only a quarter of students replied that they examined a company’s environmental record.  The study was interesting in that it showed where MBA’s personal values intersect with professional aspirations.  To read the entire article and learn more about the concerns of current MBA’s, read here.   Stacy Blackman Consulting President, Stacy Blackman, was also quoted in the article.

U.S. News & World Report recently released its best business schools 2009 rankings. No big surprise - HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, MIT Sloan, University of Chicago, and Kellogg topped the charts. As compared with last year’s rankings, Stanford moved up to tie Harvard for the #1 spot, Wharton remained solid at #3, and Chicago/Kellogg bumped up to tie Sloan for #4 (triple tie). Triple ties among top ten business schools are not uncommon in U.S. News rankings, and occurred in 2003, 1999, and 1998, to name a few instances.

Rising Stars: Stanford, Chicago, Kellogg, UC Berkeley

Moving Down: Michigan, Duke, UVA

The 2009 rankings reflect data collected in fall 2007 and early 2008. U.S. News utilizes a ranking methodology whereby programs are assessed in three broad categories: quality assessment (weighted 40%), placement success (weighted 35%), and student selectivity (weighted 25%).

Curious about other rankings? Check out Financial Times (global rankings), Business Week (click “Full-Time MBA” tab), and Forbes.