Rising Tuition Sparks $1.65 Trillion Student Debt Debate" at the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business explores solutions for growing student loan burdens. Experts discuss factors behind surging tuition, and loan forgiveness, and propose equitable strategies. The series aims to address economic challenges, attracting policymakers and scholars. Upcoming sessions feature prominent figures examining entrepreneurship and small business.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business recently held the 31st William D. Bradford Banquet, honoring diversity, equity, and inclusion. Spirit of Excellence Awards were presented to outstanding students and faculty members, emphasizing their commitment to fostering excellence. Distinguished alumni stressed the importance of allyship and advocacy for career success.

Discover groundbreaking research at Smith School's AI Symposium, showcasing the AI Maps project tracking job trends across the U.S. Explore finance through the Grand Challenges Speaker Series dissecting the federal budget. Uncover the innovative Mortgage Climate Risk Analyzer. Meet the new faculty shaping marketing, finance, and information technology.

Artificial intelligence is transforming business and the way people work. To succeed in this new world, you’ll have to embrace AI. And that means everyone – not just those in tech jobs – will need to know how to work with AI.

Michael Faulkender, Dean's Professor of Finance at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, testified before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee on "The Fiscal Situation of the United States." Faulkender, a former Treasury Department official, addressed economic recovery, inflation, and fiscal policies. He also hosts the Finance Grand Challenges Speaker Series, featuring prominent figures discussing federal budget and economic issues.

Climbing the ranks, the Smith School makes waves in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings, securing the No. 11 spot in the renowned Best Online MBA Programs for 2024. This ascent is accompanied by notable advancements in key categories, with general management and marketing programs now standing at No. 5, while the MBA for veterans program reaches No. 9.

With rapid technological changes and growing financial and management challenges in today’s healthcare industry, physicians and hospital executives will increasingly require business, entrepreneurial management and analytical skills to navigate the new landscape of medicine and patient care.

Financial Times has ranked the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Full-Time MBA program No. 57 in the world and No. 31 in the U.S.

The University of Maryland’s longstanding commitment to instill innovation in Terps helped place it among the nation’s top schools for entrepreneurship education in rankings released Nov. 15, by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.

Joseph Bailey recalls plotting an electrical engineering career path while growing up in northern New Jersey. Subsequent study at Carnegie Mellon led him to explore that field in a public policy context at Stanford. Then at MIT, he added telecommunications to the mix and co-authored the seminal 1995 book “Internet Economics.”