Sri Zaheer, dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, says business people and MBA students should always be thinking about how they can make the world a better place and be lifelong learners. Zaheer, a member of the Graduate Management Admission Council's board of directors, says individuals need a "strong, ethical grounding" to be effective in business.

Jennifer Slesinski, the Associate Director of Admissions at University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management, writes about her experience at this year's GMAC Annual Conference. Read more at GMAC Advisor.

The number of applications from students in China to British universities rose 30% this year, according to the University and Colleges Admissions Service. Applications from students in non-European Union countries made up about 13% of total applicants, up 8% from last year, with most students coming from China, India and Hong Kong, the data shows.

Nearly half of MBA students responding to a survey by RelishCareers say they were unhappy with their job recruitment experience with many not ending up in their preferred industry. Those seeking placement in highly competitive areas such as finance and consulting need to start their recruitment efforts early, some experts say.

Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., and Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia are partnering this fall to offer an MBA in food marketing with a focus on strategy around delivery and regulations. The aim is to help regional firms "recruit and retain local talent who have the specialized skill set they crave," says Denise Rotondo, dean of the Richard J. Wehle School of Business at Canisius.

The American Council on Education and several other education groups have sent a letter to US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asking for more guidance on the department's stepped-up scrutiny of foreign funding on US college campuses. Deputy Education Secretary Mick Zais says compliance with the rules may affect whether schools receive some discretionary grants from the department.

Two Republican-sponsored US Senate measures would expand Pell Grants to job-training and alternative certificate programs and require colleges and universities to pay off 50% of defaulted student loans. Sponsor Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., says the bills are intended "to address the concentration of power that has accumulated in the higher education space."

Business schools should use content marketing to tell stories about what sets their program apart from others, writes Marco De Novellis, the editor of BusinessBecause. "In today's competitive business education market, schools need to create compelling content that both matters to prospective students and speaks to the school's distinctiveness," he writes in this blog post.

While case studies have been effective for MBA courses in the past, Jaan Elias, director of case study research at Yale School of Management, says some leave out context and other important dissenting voices. Yale has pioneered a new system using "raw" cases that encourage more wide-ranging discussions.