Category: Press Release
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Forté Foundation Announces Winner of the Annual Edie Hunt Inspiration Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Prestigious Award Recognizes an MBA Student Advancing Leadership for Women (Austin, TX, May 22, 2024) – Forté Foundation, a nonprofit founded to increase opportunities for women in business leadership through access to business education and professional development, today announced the 2024 winner of the annual Edie Hunt Inspiration Award. This year’s…
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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pays tribute to women pioneers who supported the Women on Boards directive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brussels, Tuesday 07 November 2023: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pays tribute to women pioneers who supported the Women on Boards directive Brussels, Tuesday 07 November 2023: President von der Leyen paid tribute today to the work done by the Global Board Ready Women (GBRW) Task Force which came into…
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Forté Foundation Reports Women’s MBA Enrollment Hits Historic 42% in 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Five MBA programs achieve gender parity; non-U.S. schools align with U.S. programs for the first time [SUPPORTING INFOGRAPHIC] (Austin, TX, November 2, 2023) – Forté Foundation, a nonprofit founded to increase opportunities for women in business leadership through access to business education and professional development, reported a record 42% women enrolled…
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An MBA Hikes Wages for Women and Minorities, But Does it Close the Pay Gap?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Forté Foundation study explores MBA pay and promotions gap, leadership barriers, and work-life issues [SUPPORTING RESEARCH] [SUPPORTING INFOGRAPHIC] Austin, TX/May 18, 2023 – An MBA can boost the pay of women and minorities by 57% or higher in their first post-MBA job but does not eliminate the gender pay…
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Forté Foundation reports all-time high for women’s enrollment in MBA programs on 20th anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Despite declines in MBA applications overall, the proportion of women’s enrollment increased in 2022 and 17 schools reached at least 45% women enrolled [SUPPORTING INFOGRAPHIC] (Austin, TX, November 11, 2022) – Twenty years after Forté Foundation was founded to increase opportunities for women in business leadership, the nonprofit reported a record 17…
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Despite pandemic challenges, women’s MBA enrollment rose to a historic record in 2021 and three schools reached gender equity, Forté Foundation finds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More than half of business schools now report 40% or more women enrolled [SUPPORTING RESEARCH] (Austin, TX, November 12, 2021) – Women’s enrollment in full-time MBA programs, which stalled in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, leaped to all-time high of 41% in 2021, and for the first time ever…