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Thought leadership in gender equality
Welcome to our Press Room! Forté conducts research throughout the year on women's enrollment in full-time MBA programs and the impact of an MBA degree on compensation and career advancement. Our CEO, Elissa Sangster, is an expert on topics related to women and the MBA, career advancement, and how schools and companies can create inclusive environments where everyone can succeed.
Below, you will find press releases, recent media coverage of our research findings and other news, and interviews with our CEO. For interviews or information about Forté, please contact Michele Vana, Burson.
PRESS COVERAGE: FORTÉ IN THE NEWS
- Fortune: "One CEO's key to top performance: Providing a career roadmap"
- Poets & Quants: "Inspiring Minds: Cambridge Judge MBA Wins 2024 Edie Hunt Award "
- Bloomberg News: "At Business Schools, More Women Are Getting MBAs"
- BusinessBecause: "Top Women MBA Programs in 2024"
- Fortune: "Women are breaking enrollment records at top MBA programs - but more progress is needed, report says"
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Fortune: “A steady climb toward 50-50: MBA enrollment hits historic 42% for women”
Financial Times: “Record number of women candidates sign up for MBA courses”
Fast Company: “These 5 business schools have reached gender parity. Others aren’t far behind”
BBC: “World Business Report — Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk take on AI”
Wall Street Journal: “Women Catch Up With Men at More Top Business Schools”
Biz Women: “Here’s how top schools fare when it comes to gender makeup of new MBA classes”
Bloomberg Businessweek: “The Best U.S. Business Schools Are Accepting More Women Than Ever”
Poets and Quants: “The Leading B-Schools With The Most Women”
Business Because: “Female Representation In MBA Classrooms Better Than Ever In 2020”
Clear Admit: “Forté Foundation Report Reveals Women Holding Their Ground in MBA Programs”
Business Because: “Record Number Of Women Enrolled On MBA Courses”
Poets and Quants: “On Women’s Day, A Mixed Picture Of Progress”
Find MBA: “How Business Schools are Improving Gender Diversity in MBAs”
Forbes: “From An MBA To The U.S. House: The Business Case For Public Service”
The Wall Street Journal: “Pay Gap Persists Among M.B.A. Graduates”
Fortune: “Getting an MBA Won’t Save You from the Pay Gap if You’re a Woman or Minority”
Poets and Quants: “For Women, Doubts About The MBA As Economic Mobility Engine”
Fairygodboss: “Here’s the Real Impact an MBA Will Have On Your Paycheck, According to New Research”
Clear Admit: “New Forté Foundation Study Reviews MBA Impact for Women and Minorities”
Business Because: “Companies Are Losing Female MBAs Because Of The Gender Pay Gap”
FT: “Men cash in more than women after MBA”
Accepted: “2018 Forté Foundation Data Reveals Women’s MBA Enrollment at 38%”
Poets & Quants: “Women’s MBA Enrollment Slows, But Keeps Climbing”
Business Because: “Women MBAs On The Rise In The US As Enrolment Abroad Declines”
Forbes: “How Women Can Gain Seats At The Table Of Power”
FT: “MBA case studies lack female leaders”
Forbes: “4 Side Hustles That Pack a Career Punch”
Forbes: “The Power of Now: Career Builders That Pack a Big Bang for the Buck”
Forbes: “The Accidental Mentor”
Bloomberg: “The Fight for Female MBAs”
U.S. News: “What You Can Expect From an MBA Degree”
WGBH: “The #MeToo Movement Has An Ally: Manbassadors”
Bloomberg: “How ‘Men as Allies’ Can Aid Women in Business Education”
Clear Admit: “MBA Programs Promote Men as Allies for Gender Equity”
Forbes: “5 Things Men Can Do To Be Allies To Women In The Workplace”
Financial Times: “The business schools women want to attend”
Business Because: “The World’s 16 Most Gender Diverse Business Schools”
The New York Times: “Business Schools Now Teaching #MeToo, N.F.L. Protests and Trump”
The Globe & Mail: “MBA schools show steady growth in female participation”
Poets & Quants: “MBA Programs Edging Closer To Gender Parity”
Forbes: “Men At Top Business Schools Tackle Sexism”
The New York Times: “A Trillion-Dollar Question: Why Don’t More Women Run Mutual Funds?”
The Financial Times: “‘Manbassadors’: Male MBAs aim to put an end to sexism at work”
Poets & Quants: “MBA Gender Equity Group Eyes ‘Men As Allies’”
Marketplace: Of the 100 top-paid CEOs in Dallas Ft Worth, one is a woman
Austin Business Journal: “How business schools can help improve gender parity in executive leadership”
Fortune: “Here’s What You Should Ask Yourself When Developing Goals”
The Economist: “Gender imbalance: In business at business school”
Business Because: “Cornell Tech Is Boosting Women Entrepreneurs With Citi, IBM, JPMorgan”
The Straits Times: “Tough business enrolling women for MBA”
Bloomberg Business: “Why B-Schools Struggle to Enroll More Women”
Financial Times: “Digital world offers opportunities to break the job mould”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “CMU conference targets women aspiring to leadership”
Huffington Post Women: “Where Are all the female MBA’s?”
Business Because: “MBA Rankings: The Best Global MBA Programs Of 2016”
Indiana Info Line: “MBA calling in Canada”
Stacy Blackman Consulting: “Stacy Blackman’s Words of Wisdom Campaign Continues”
Stacy Blackman Consulting: Stacy Blackman Consulting + Forte Case Studies
Business Because: “Can Top Business Schools Boost The Number Of Women Executives?”
Metro MBA: “An In-Depth Look At The Forté Foundation For Women MBAs”
U.S News & World Report: “MBA Organizations Strive for Gender Diversity in the Classroom”
CAIA: “CAIA Association Inks New Partnership With 100 Women in Hedge Funds”
Hedge Week: “100 Women in Hedge Funds raises USD1.36m for 100WHF Foundation”
Becker’s Hospital Review: “Women comprise 36% of MBA students”
Indianapolis Business Journal: “MBA programs moving closer to gender parity”
Huffington Post: “Closing the Gender Gap”
Poets & Quants: “Forté Debuts ‘Rising Star’ Program for Women Undergrads”
FT.com: “Digital world offers opportunities to break the job mould”
Bloomberg Business: “Men Sit Up and Listen as Women Fill 40% of Business School Seats”
Huffington Post: “Finally, More Women Are Going To Business School”
Clear Admit: “New Forté Data Shows Impressive Gains in Female MBA Enrollment”
Business Because: “Record Number Of Top MBA Programs Hit Gender Diversity Milestones”
Quartz: “More women are getting MBAs, but they’re still noticeably absent from executive roles”
Financial Advisor: “Men Think Differently About Their Futures As Women Take 40% Of B School Seats”
Fortune Online: “Women Now Make Up 40% of Students at Top MBA Programs”
Fortune – The Broadsheet: “Meet the 40%.”
Business Because: “Business Schools Are Boosting The Number Of Top Female CEOs, Says Research”
Financial Review (Australia): “Women fill 40pc of Ivy league MBAs”
PRESS RELEASES
- 10/31/2024
Forté Foundation Reports Women's Enrollment in Full-Time MBA Programs Tops 6,000 for First Time and Record Eight Schools Reach Gender Parity - 5/22/2024
Forté Foundation Announces Winner of the Annual Edie Hunt Inspiration Award - 11/2/2023
Forté Foundation Reports Women's MBA Enrollment Hits Historic 42% in 2023 - 5/18/2023
An MBA Hikes Wages for Women and Minorities, But Does it Close the Pay Gap? - 11/11/2022
Forté Foundation reports all-time high for women’s enrollment in MBA programs on 20th anniversary
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- 11/12/2021
Despite pandemic challenges, women’s MBA enrollment rose to a historic record in 2021 and three schools reached gender equity, Forté Foundation finds - 9/23/2021
Do MBA programs provide an equitable application process, academic experience and career outcomes? - 11/19/2020
MBA Applications Soar in 2020, While Women’s Enrollment Overall Holds Steady During the Coronavirus Crisis, Forté Foundation Finds - 10/15/2020
Forté Foundation’s “Men As Allies” Movement Expands from Business Schools to Companies - 11/6/2019
MBA Applications Are Down, But Gender Equity at Business School is Up - 4/2/2019
Close to Half of MBAs Have Faced, or Heard Of, Gender Inequality in Their Current Job – But That’s an Improvement from Past Positions - 1/17/2019
Is an MBA an Economic Mobility Engine for Women and Minorities? - 11/14/2018
Women’s MBA Enrollment Rises to 38% in 2018 — First U.S. Business School Reaches Gender Parity Milestone, Forté Foundation Finds - 11/3 0/2017
Top Business Schools Move Closer to Gender Parity: Forté Foundation Reveals Women’s MBA Enrollment Climbs to Over 37% On Average in the Fall of 2017 - 12/7/2016
Forté Foundation Launches Men As Allies Initiative To Help Engage Male Students In Gender Equity On Business School Campuses - 11/14/2016
Forté Foundation Announces New Director of Development, Ana Duarte McCarthy - 11/9/2015
New Forté Foundation Data Shows Nearly Four Percentage Point Jump in Women’s Full‐Time MBA Enrollment in the U.S. Over a Five‐Year Period - 9/16/2015
Forté Foundation Launches “Rising Star” Pilot Initiative to Help Undergraduate Women Compete for Top Jobs - 9/9/2014
Forté Foundation Announces Two Winners of the Annual Edie Hunt Inspiration Award - 6/19/2014
Forté Foundation welcomes six new business school sponsors committed to women’s advancement - 12/19/2012
The Thirty Percent Coalition Continues to Grow - 12/12/2012
Forté Foundation announces list of board-ready women; holds “Get on Board” event as part of 2020 Women on Boards national effort to increase the number of women on corporate boards - 6/28/2012
Forté Foundation announces new initiative with US business schools and European Commission to increase the number of women on corporate boards - 11/14/2011
Forté Foundation Announces New Board Members - 07/13/2011
Notre Dame, IE Business School, and Michigan State Join Forté Foundation Boosting Women into Business Leadership Roles - 06/08/2010
Forté Foundation Announces Winner of Second Annual Edie Hunt Inspiration Award - 06/30/09
Forté Foundation Announces Winners of the Inaugural Edie Hunt Inspiration Award - 10/14/08
Forté Foundation Launches “Career Lab Virtual Campus” Career Site for College Women - 1/23/07
Game Changers: PINK magazine and Forté Foundation Select the “Top 15 Women in Business” 2007 - 10/11/06
Forté Foundation Memeber Schools Showing Significant Gains in Women MBA Enrollment - 5/1/06
Forté Foundation Leads Forum about Critical Issues and Possible Solutions Surrounding Clashing Generations in the Workplace - 11/16/05
Forté Foundation and PINK Magazine Select “Next 20 Female CEOs” - 11/9/05
Forté to Bring 2005 Leadership Launch to Austin-area College Women - 9/28/05
Forté to Bring 2005 Leadership Launch to Los Angeles-area College Women - 9/7/05
Forté Forums Reach Thousands of Women with “The MBA Value Proposition” - 8/11/05
Forté Foundation Corporate Members Are Among Fortune “50 Most Desirable Employers for MBAs” - 7/15/05
Study: Women Who ‘Step Out’ Hit Wall Upon Reentry - 9/13/04
Forté Foundation Draws New Map For Women’s Business Success in 9-city Series of Forums Across U.S. and in London - 8/30/04
Forté Foundation Names Elissa Ellis as Executive Director
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