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National Black MBA Association, Inc.

VISION
By the year 2012 The National Black MBA Association will be the premier business organization serving Black professionals.

MISSION
The National Black MBA Association leads in the creation of educational opportunities and economic growth for African Americans.

  • Providing innovative programs to stimulate their intellectual and economic growth
  • Building partnerships with key stakeholders who help facilitate this growth
  • Increasing awareness and facilitating access to graduate management education programs and career opportunities in management fields

HISTORY
Established in 1970, the National Black MBA Association is dedicated to develop partnerships that result in the creation of intellectual and economic wealth in the black community. In partnership with over 400 of the country's top business organizations, the association has inroads into a wide range of industries as well as the public and private sector. Yet all of NBMBAA's partners have one thing in common: they are all committed to the organization's goals and values.

The organization gains its strength from a strong belief in community and a commitment to its development through economic and educational development initiatives that support the global African American community.

For questions regarding membership, please contact NBMBAA Membership Services at membership@nbmbaa.org.

The MBA Tour is an international business education recruitment platform with emphasis on personal interaction between prospective MBA students, business school admission representatives, alumni and other like-minded education enthusiasts.  Our events offer unique formats to explore MBA programs and to help you  discover your ideal business school. 
Event Formats:

  • MBA Panel Presentations: Cover all your basics with panels about the admissions process and your career search
  • Individual School Presentations: Admissions representatives give 30 to 40 minute presentations
  • Fair: Meet one-on-one with admission representatives and alumni
  • Find your Ideal Business School with the MBA Spotlight Survey. The survey reveals your top preferences when choosing an MBA then matches you to schools attending the event. At the event you attend a special session to meet your matches. FREE ADMISSION for all survey participants

The MBA Tour holds events in Atlanta, Houston, New York, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles in addition to international events. View event schedule and participating schools:TheMBATour.com (link to: http://www.thembatour.com?partnerid=cgsm)

The QS World MBA Tour, is the world’s leading MBA recruitment fair, which seeks to attract top quality candidates to top business schools. We are currently travelling to over 72 different cities across the world and will be visiting America this fall. As World leaders in the educational industry candidates can meet with most prestigious business schools in the world under one roof,  such as London Business School, UCLA, Michigan Ross, Cambridge among many others and win over $1.6M of exclusive scholarships, find out about financing MBAs, and speak to alumni and admissions officers.  Feel free to look through our site  www.topmba.com to gain a better understanding of QS and the tour.  Don’t miss out on the opportunity to access your complimentary Consortium VIP Pass and meet some of the best universities in the world at the QS World MBA Tour 2010.

In case any of the links are broken for any reason please find below the tracker links

Long Link - http://www.topmba.com/mba-tour/?utm_source=reg&utm_medium=online&utm_campaign=WMT-F10-Consortium&partnerid=2245

Shortened Link - http://bit.ly/cMyZDy

Revolution GMAT offers Consortium Applicants a 35-hour full GMAT preparation class for only $299, a $300 discount off the normal price of $599.  Founded in 2002, Revolution Prep (www.revolutionprep.com) is and education software and services provider that has helped over a hundred thousand students score higher on the SAT, ACT, GMAT and other high-stakes exams, while dramatically improving basic academic skills.  Revolution Prep was founded with the mission of transforming education by leveraging technology to provide world-class test prep to every student.  Revolution GMAT (www.revolutiongmat.com) offers live online classroom courses and private tutoring to help MBA applicants achieve the highest possible score. 

MinorityMBAs.com is a career website for diverse MBA job seekers.  We maintain a database of MBA level jobs and internships at organizations committed to diversity recruiting at the MBA level.  Registration is free for job seekers.  Members can upload their resumes, search for and apply to jobs, create job alerts and receive MBA jobs newsletters.  MinorityMBAs.com also has an active group on LinkedIn for our members to connect directly with hiring managers from Fortune 500 companies. Visit our website for more details.

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Admit Advantage is a leading global MBA admissions consulting company.  Admit Advantage will partner with you to increase your chances of admission to a top-tier MBA program by enhancing your strengths, mitigating your weaknesses, and crafting a compelling narrative of your experiences and goals.  Take advantage of our unique relationship with the Consortium through our free MBA candidate assessment, 10% discount, and 2-for-1 school package pricing (www.admitadvantage.com/consortium/).

Bell Curves, the country’s largest minority owned test preparation company, in its continuing effort to foster diversity and build access to higher education, has partnered with the  Consortium to provide our top notch GMAT prep courses and tutoring at a discount. Whether you choose our Online Independent study, 36-hour Classic or Virtual Classroom Courses, or 1-on-1 tutoring our programs are designed to help you reach your best GMAT.  Bell Curves is based in NYC but delivers Classic Courses in Atlanta, DC, LA and NYC, and Virtual Classroom Courses accessible from anywhere in the world. Sign up today for a free class to learn more about our teaching methods and programs by clicking here.

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Forté Foundation is a consortium of leading multinational corporations, top business schools in the U.S. and abroad, and the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®). Forté is dedicated to directing women toward business education and ultimately leadership roles in business and industry, and to enabling corporations to more effectively attract and retain female talent. Through its series of professional development and networking events, scholarship opportunities and extensive online career planning resources, Forté Foundation provides the most extensive infrastructure to equip women with the knowledge needed to achieve success throughout the career continuum. Forté Foundation was established in 2001 in direct response to “Women and the MBA: Gateway to Opportunity,” a landmark study that highlighted gender imbalance at leading business schools.