In this Top #MBA Tweets of the Week, our rundown of popular Twitter posts from the business school community, we take a closer look at how schools and students are responding to the U.S. immigration ban. As Clear Admit covered recently, the latest executive order sent shock waves through the business school community.
Several programs, including Cornell / Johnson, Columbia Business School, Chicago / Booth, and Michigan / Ross, released reassuring statements:
Read President Rawlings' statement regarding the immigration executive order at https://t.co/PIQtbu2er3. pic.twitter.com/h0sr9VipkL
— Johnson at Cornell (@CornellMBA) January 30, 2017
.@Columbia_Biz Dean Glenn Hubbard's Response to Executive Order on Refugee and Immigration Policy https://t.co/FD200QarNN pic.twitter.com/hcMLLX79L1
— Columbia B-School (@Columbia_Biz) January 30, 2017
A message from University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Daniel Diermeier regarding immigration: https://t.co/8FnzNpu2Ay
— Chicago Booth (@ChicagoBooth) January 30, 2017
From Dean Scott DeRue: "Please Stand With Me In Support Of Our Values and Ideals" https://t.co/f04sFyupAH
— Ross School of Bus. (@MichiganRoss) January 31, 2017
The deans of Wharton and NYU / Stern reached out, too:
As a migrant myself, and as @Wharton dean, I support @Penn President Gutmann's criticism of #Trump #immigrationban https://t.co/Np9IsZxA7j
— Geoffrey Garrett (@garrett_geoff) January 31, 2017
A message from #NYUStern Dean Peter Henry on the Recent Executive Order on Immigration: https://t.co/bZUNU8Hr16
— NYU Stern (@NYUStern) January 30, 2017
Harvard Business School also spread awareness of its efforts:
With travel to U.S. banned from some nations, Harvard moves to support members of its international community https://t.co/dYGlyaN5fQ https://t.co/xPFZyPwvPs
— Harvard Business (@HarvardHBS) January 31, 2017
Students and staff at Yale School of Management and MIT gathered:
The #YaleSOM community is invited to meet at 5:40pm in support of a campus vigil for immigrant & refugee communities https://t.co/FrRMCxcIjs
— Yale SOM (@YaleSOM) January 29, 2017
Letter to the MIT community: Update regarding Executive Order, noon rally in Lobby 7 https://t.co/yu3TWxCUOX pic.twitter.com/kNOPMSQPlD
— MIT (@MIT) January 29, 2017
While Northwestern / Kellogg posted relevant research:
Trump says travel ban will make America safer. Research by Nour Kteily @KelloggSchool shows it will do the opposite https://t.co/7j8a2Pht5Q pic.twitter.com/7wgZLX57C8
— NorthwesternResearch (@ResearchNU) January 31, 2017
Professors from Dartmouth / Tuck, Berkeley / Haas and Columbia Business School weighed in on reactions:
Prof @sydfinkelstein on corporate America's response to President Trump's #immigrationban. https://t.co/urALgA65D2 @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/GdhtyosOVg
— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) January 31, 2017
Corp. strategy expert Paul Tiffany: Trump's #immigration & #deregulation orders' impact on American #trade https://t.co/PojkpJtWvV @KTVU
— Haas School of Bus. (@BerkeleyHaas) February 1, 2017
"This is unprecedented," says #CBSProf William Klepper of corporate response to #muslimban https://t.co/XfE98mTWPe
— Columbia B-School (@Columbia_Biz) January 31, 2017
Meanwhile, in line with their Prime Minister, Canada’s Toronto / Rotman offered a solution:
Rotman offers all our international graduates a path to citizenship in Canada https://t.co/ftyNlM7ISX pic.twitter.com/1wbbhk432f
— Rotman MBA (@RotmanMBA) January 31, 2017
The school also took a closer look at the side effects:
The High Cost of Closed Borders via @Richard_Florida @CityLab https://t.co/0vIUUz7oZ1
— Rotman School (@rotmanschool) January 27, 2017
While tensions run high and questions remain unanswered, Columbia Business School shared the words of a wise business leader:
On topic of #immigration, @WarrenBuffett says this country has been blessed by immigrants. #buffettgates
— Columbia B-School (@Columbia_Biz) January 27, 2017
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