MIT Sloan is adding a part-time Evening MBA option aimed at working professionals who do not want to leave their jobs. The program is scheduled to launch in August 2027 and is positioned as a format alongside Sloan’s existing traditional two-year MBA, Executive MBA, and Sloan Fellows MBA. The announcement places Sloan as a third “M7” school with an evening format, joining Booth and Kellogg, and it frames the move as part of a broader push to meet prospective students where they are—especially among a regional pool that matches current students’ credentials but lacks the flexibility to step away from work. Separately, another report highlights an AI avatar–delivered MBA model at a WASC-accredited nonprofit business school, signaling how pricing, instructional delivery, and faculty roles are being redesigned as institutions respond to cost scrutiny and AI-enabled content production. Together, these developments show business schools moving beyond incremental tweaks toward structural redesigns in schedule flexibility and AI-enabled teaching models.