Comments on: Babson’s Entrepreneurship Status Beginning to Crumble http://crapcampus.com/baboblog/2007/11/01/babsons-entrepreneurship-status-beginning-to-crumble/ Disspelling the myths surrounding Babson College. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:32:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Crapmaster http://crapcampus.com/baboblog/2007/11/01/babsons-entrepreneurship-status-beginning-to-crumble/#comment-4123 Crapmaster Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:49:07 +0000 http://crapcampus.com/baboblog/2007/11/01/babsons-entrepreneurship-status-beginning-to-crumble/#comment-4123 Good points Juan, thanks for stopping by. Good points Juan, thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Juan Pablo http://crapcampus.com/baboblog/2007/11/01/babsons-entrepreneurship-status-beginning-to-crumble/#comment-4121 Juan Pablo Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:10:10 +0000 http://crapcampus.com/baboblog/2007/11/01/babsons-entrepreneurship-status-beginning-to-crumble/#comment-4121 I echo Ryan's sentiments. Babson wasn't even ranked by Entrepreneurship magazine the year before (or Babson was ranked really low, I don't remember), how crazy is that? It has to do with how these rankings are calculated. The fact of the matter is that other universities are moving towards e-ship b/c that's what students demand. As long as Babson keeps professors like Bygrave and Timmons in the fold, Babson will still be regarded as one of the best e-ship schools in the nation. Loosing Spinelli doesn't help though. A bigger problem is the fact that Babson doesn't have much of a reputation outside the North East. If Babson had more of a national presence and was closer to Silicon Valley, it would be pretty much impossible to get into the university - it would be that highly regarded. I echo Ryan’s sentiments. Babson wasn’t even ranked by Entrepreneurship magazine the year before (or Babson was ranked really low, I don’t remember), how crazy is that? It has to do with how these rankings are calculated. The fact of the matter is that other universities are moving towards e-ship b/c that’s what students demand.

As long as Babson keeps professors like Bygrave and Timmons in the fold, Babson will still be regarded as one of the best e-ship schools in the nation. Loosing Spinelli doesn’t help though.

A bigger problem is the fact that Babson doesn’t have much of a reputation outside the North East. If Babson had more of a national presence and was closer to Silicon Valley, it would be pretty much impossible to get into the university – it would be that highly regarded.

]]> By: Ryan http://crapcampus.com/baboblog/2007/11/01/babsons-entrepreneurship-status-beginning-to-crumble/#comment-4002 Ryan Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:32:26 +0000 http://crapcampus.com/baboblog/2007/11/01/babsons-entrepreneurship-status-beginning-to-crumble/#comment-4002 Keep in mind that Babson placed #1 for undergrad program and #2 for grad program. Its nice to be #1, but with these rankings, the trivial specifics of the methodology can move a school up and down. So I'd say that Babson, as well as the top few listed in the survey, is a top school when it comes to entrepreneurship. Here are the specific rankings: http://www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges Keep in mind that Babson placed #1 for undergrad program and #2 for grad program. Its nice to be #1, but with these rankings, the trivial specifics of the methodology can move a school up and down. So I’d say that Babson, as well as the top few listed in the survey, is a top school when it comes to entrepreneurship.

Here are the specific rankings:

http://www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges

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