Through social listening, Business Casual came up with a list of the most common questions now being asked by MBA applicants and attempted to answer them.

John, Caroline and Maria tackle two topical issues: why Purdue University's business school is pausing its full-time MBA program and the role higher education. particularly graduate management education, plays in racial injustice and economic inequality.

Already, several prominent business schools have released their essays and application deadlines for 2020-2001. Caroline, Maria and John discuss what is changing, what will stay the same and what you should be doing right now if you're going to apply in round one or two.

The Business Casual podcast team of Caroline, Maria and John explain why Harvard Business School's incoming MBA class will be the smallest since the early 1950s and what it means for other top business schools and applicants.

Keith Bevans, the Bain & Co. partner responsible for all of the firm's global recruiting, gets grilled by Maria, Caroline & John in this episode of our Business Casual podcast

MBA students all over the world have gone through a disruptive transition from courses in physical classrooms to remote instruction via computer. So what's the verdict on how it all turned out? And what can incoming students this fall look forward to if their classes are virtual?

It's a rare MBA applicant who gets into every single school on their target list. So what do you make of those dings? In this episode of Business Casual, Maria, Caroline and John interpret what a ding really means about a rejected candidate and what it doesn't. They also comment on the latest COVID-19 news impacting schools, from Businessweek's decision to suspend its MBA ranking to Harvard's consideration of increasing its class size in 2021.

Caroline, Maria & John take aim at the popular stereotype of the MBA as a sharp-elbowed, money-grubbing person and also offer perspectives on the latest coronavirus news and its impact on business education.

John, Maria & Caroline discuss the pros and cons of starting your MBA program in the fall online and the latest impacts COVID-19 is having on business schools.

John, Maria & Caroline put into context the rising testiness of MBA applicants and students during the COVID-19 pandemic and ponder the health crisis' impact on the MBA job market.