Articles from 2021

A closer look at Amy Kristof-Brown
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Des Moines Business Record recently interviewed Dean Amy Kristof-Brown about leading, COVID-19, and where she sees the college going in the years to come.

What virtual study abroad is like at the Tippie College of Business
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Twenty-year-old Shelby Enger, a sophomore studying marketing and communications at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, took part in a virtual study abroad course through the school’s Tippie College of Business. During the three-week summer course, “Introduction to Global Business: Asia Pacific,” Enger expanded her knowledge of Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore by virtually touring...

Breakfast competition heats up among fast food, convenience stores
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
There’s a breakfast war heating up now in Iowa to try and capture customers who are once again venturing out of their homes following pandemic shutdowns. Tippie's Peggy Stover weighs in.

The Great Resignation
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
A record number of American workers have quit their jobs in recent months. What’s driving the “Great Resignation,” as some have called it? And why are companies having trouble hiring people when there are so many workers out looking for a new gig? We get insight from Steve Courtright, a professor of management at The University of Iowa.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Tippie analytics major among the best
Monday, September 13, 2021
The award-winning Department of Business Analytics at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business has been recognized as one of the best undergraduate analytics departments in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

New college degrees give liberal-arts students more business courses
Friday, September 3, 2021
At the University of Iowa, the business school worked with the college of liberal arts to launch the college's enterprise-leadership major in 2015. Liberal-arts students take some practical business courses—including small-business accounting and business planning—but skip many classes that often don't appeal to nonbusiness students, such as negotiation and human-resource management. Instead...

Tippie study uses 3D scanning technology to link physical appearance and income
Friday, September 3, 2021
A new study from the Tippie College of Business finds more evidence for the so-called beauty premium, using body scan technology to determine body shape that find taller men receive an income premium while larger women pay an income penalty.

Tippie merges MBA programs, with a focus on flexibility and online development
Friday, September 3, 2021
The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business has reinvented its online Master of Business Administration program, merging the part-time professional and full-time programs together with student flexibility as the top priority.

A look at the flexible future of the MBA
Friday, September 3, 2021
Build it and they will come. That Field of Dreams strategy was just what the University of Iowa’s Tippie School of Business employed in creating its online MBA program a couple of years ago–and come they did, from an initial cohort of just 40 students in the fall of 2019 to an enrollment of more than 400 in just a few semesters.

Stop screening job candidates’ social media
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Social media sites such as Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram have given many organizations a new hiring tool. According to a 2018 CareerBuilder survey, 70% of employers check out applicants’ profiles as part of their screening process, and 54% have rejected applicants because of what they found. Social media sites offer a free, easily accessed portrait of what a candidate is really like, yielding a...
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