{"id":40464,"date":"2025-08-27T13:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/jamboree-and-gmac-team-up-to-boost-womens-representation-in-business-schools\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:59:13","slug":"jamboree-and-gmac-team-up-to-boost-womens-representation-in-business-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/jamboree-and-gmac-team-up-to-boost-womens-representation-in-business-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamboree and GMAC Team Up to Boost Women\u2019s Representation in Business Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>New Delhi [India], August 27: <\/strong>In a joint effort to close the gender gap in graduate business education, <strong>Jamboree Education<\/strong> has partnered with the <strong>Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)<\/strong> to encourage more women to pursue programs like the MBA, Master in Management (MiM), and other related degrees.<\/p>\n<p>This collaboration brings together Jamboree\u2019s expertise in test prep and admissions with GMAC\u2019s research and insights on global trends in business education. The goal: to make business school more accessible, appealing, and attainable for women across India and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where Things Stand Today<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While progress has been made, women are still underrepresented in many MBA and MiM classrooms.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On average, women make up about <strong>42%<\/strong> of full-time MBA students globally, according to Fort\u00e9 Foundation data. That\u2019s a big improvement over past years, but still short of parity.<\/li>\n<li>Some schools are leading the way: <strong>George Washington University<\/strong> has a class that\u2019s <strong>65% women<\/strong>, and schools like <strong>Oxford Sa\u00efd<\/strong>, <strong>Johns Hopkins Carey<\/strong>, and <strong>Cambridge Judge<\/strong> are at or near the 50% mark.<\/li>\n<li>In India and Asia, business schools have seen encouraging growth, but the overall numbers still lag behind those in Europe and North America.<\/li>\n<li>Interestingly, women are showing stronger interest in specialized master\u2019s programs like MiM, Marketing, and Finance, where female enrollment is often above 50%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the Partnership Aims to Do<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In order to give women candidates a boost in their MBA journeys, GMAC and Jamboree have collaborated to provide important tools to those who sign up for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamboreeindia.com\/lp\/women-gmac-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Women Leadership Through MBA<\/strong><\/a> program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to \u20b95000 off on GMAT prep<\/li>\n<li>1-week free GMAT prep LMS access<\/li>\n<li>Free scholarship &amp; financial aid guides<\/li>\n<li>\u20b91250 Amazon voucher upon GMAT registration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why <\/strong><strong>It Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on publicly available data, out of the 2024 Fortune 500 women CEOs, <strong>33%<\/strong> held MBAs, up from <strong>21% <\/strong>in 2019. But access and encouragement still aren\u2019t equal, especially in emerging markets. By helping more women apply to, prepare for, and succeed in these programs, Jamboree and GMAC hope to strengthen the leadership pipeline and bring more gender diversity to boardrooms, startups, and social enterprises around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Women aspiring to make a mark in the business world \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamboreeindia.com\/lp\/women-gmac-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up today<\/a> and get a head start in your journey!<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamboree Education<\/strong> is one of India\u2019s leading education consultancies, with over 30 years of experience helping students prepare for exams like the GMAT, GRE, SAT, and get admitted to top universities globally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GMAC<\/strong> is the global organization behind the GMAT exam and a leading source of research and support for business schools and prospective students worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], August 27: In a joint effort to close the gender gap in graduate business education, Jamboree Education has partnered with the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) to encourage more women to pursue programs like the MBA, Master in Management (MiM), and other related degrees. This collaboration brings together Jamboree\u2019s expertise in test&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/jamboree-and-gmac-team-up-to-boost-womens-representation-in-business-schools\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Jamboree and GMAC Team Up to Boost Women\u2019s Representation in Business Schools&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-40464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}