List of the programs after the jump.

Best full-time MBA programmes
Business schools September 2008

1. IMD – International Institute for Management Development
2. IESE Business School – Unriversity of Navarra
3. Chicago, University of – Graduate School of Business
4. Stanford Graduate School of Business
5. Dartmouth College–Tuck School of Business
6. California at Berkeley, University of–Haas School of Business
7. Cambridge, University of – Judge Business School
8. New York University – Leonard N Stern School of Business
9. London Business School
10. IE Business School

IMD reports that their students earn a jaw-dropping $130,000 per year after graduation, compared with an average pre-MBA salary of $79,000. But the article also warns that with the economy tanking and Wall Street firms laying off employees by the droves, no one knows how much economic security a degree from one of these schools will guarantee you, if any at all. Uh oh. To the box-mobile, Batman!

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Which MBA? [The Economist]

This past week, MacArthur genius grant recipients learned in a single phone call from the Foundation that they will each receive $500,000 in “no strings attached” support over the next five years.

Ostensibly this means they can slag off their academic duties and canoodle with loved ones in exotic vacationing spots across the world, but past MacArthur fellows have shown themselves more inclined to, oh, investigate lava. Build sculptures out of Scotch tape and paper clips. Research the aerodynamicism of fruit flies.  We dig.

This year’s batch includes 13 in the science fields and eight involved with the arts.  You can check out the breakdown here.

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25 New MacArthur Fellows Announced [MacArthur Foundation]