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  Forté Foundation reports all-time high for women’s enrollment in MBA programs on 20th anniversary

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Despite declines in MBA applications overall, the proportion of women’s enrollment increased in 2022 and 17 schools reached at least 45% women enrolled [SUPPORTING INFOGRAPHIC] (Austin, TX, November 11, 2022) – Twenty years after Forté Foundation was founded to increase opportunities for women in business leadership, the nonprofit reported a record 17 […]

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  Despite pandemic challenges, women’s MBA enrollment rose to a historic record in 2021 and three schools reached gender equity, Forté Foundation finds

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More than half of business schools now report 40% or more women enrolled [SUPPORTING RESEARCH]   (Austin, TX, November 12, 2021) – Women’s enrollment in full-time MBA programs, which stalled in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, leaped to all-time high of 41% in 2021, and for the first time ever […]

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  Do MBA programs provide an equitable application process, academic experience and career outcomes?

  FOR IMMEDAITE RELEASE MBA gender pay gap overall narrows in recent years, but widens as women progress in their career, Forté Foundation finds   [SUPPORTING RESEARCH] (Austin, TX, September 23, 2021) – Do MBA programs foster diversity, equity and inclusion in the MBA application process and academic experience, and do alumni achieve the same career […]

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  MBA Applications Soar in 2020, While Women’s Enrollment Overall Holds Steady During the Coronavirus Crisis, Forté Foundation Finds

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Despite threats to women’s economic progress in the pandemic, record number of business schools reach over 40% women enrolled, but others see declines [SUPPORTING RESEARCH]   (Austin, TX, November 19, 2020) – After several years of declines, MBA applications surged in 2020 with programs reporting growth in applications from domestic and […]

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  Forté Foundation Reports Women’s Enrollment in Full-Time MBA Programs Tops 6,000 for First Time and Record Eight Schools Reach Gender Parity

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Overall MBA Enrollment Climbs 6% From Last Year, Women Maintain 42% Share [SUPPORTING INFOGRAPHIC] (Austin, TX, October 31, 2024) – Women’s enrollment in full-time MBA programs climbed to over 6,000 for the first time and a record eight schools reached gender parity at the 61-member business schools of Forté Foundation. Forté […]

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  Forté Foundation’s “Men As Allies” Movement Expands from Business Schools to Companies

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Demand from businesses and male MBA alumni, sparks corporate initiative creation – which comes at a time when 1 in 4 women consider leaving the workforce or downshifting their career due to Covid-19 (Austin, TX, October 15, 2020) – A grassroots movement that started with the launch of Forté Foundation’s “Men […]

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