Executive MBA partly at Northwestern, not currently working

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I have opportunities to go for a 1-year full time Sofaer International MBA (https://imba.tau.ac.il), or the 2-year Kellogg-Recanti Executive MBA (https://kr-emba.tau.ac.il), both at Tel Aviv University (the latter with time at Northwestern as well, naturally).

I'm fairly flexible at the moment, so I would like to gather some opinion as to which would suit me better in the long run.

I have a Computer Science BSc and 15 years in the field, much of it freelancing. I am now looking for work in the Israel high-tech industry, but to do an MBA at the same time to broaden my appeal further.

The cost per year is roughly the same for both courses, but I assume that the full-time course has more hours / week.

The Kellogg-Recanti course probably has extra kudos due to the association with Northwestern, although I'm having trouble finding good data on Tel Aviv reputation.. But it is a large financial outlay. Would employers usually sponsor a course like this? If so I'd feel silly self-funding, but at the same time, do you think it would be difficult to get employers to fund a course that I've already started?

Should I go for the full-time course and hold off work until next year? Or is the Kellogg-Recanti course valuable enough that I should go for that and hope that I can find an employer who is willing to help me fund it?

I'm going to meet them tomorrow, so any advice appreciated around the subject, whatever you feel.

[Jon@Admissionado]

Hey there sir,
Well it's veeeeery hard to "bank" on getting funding from an employer you don't yet have, so I'm not sure that's the right direction for ya. Obviously the Recanati carries with it a certain amount of bonus prestige which would be helpful, but the question you need to ask yourself is that "When unemployed do I really want to stretch my MBA over two years?"

Since both are at the same mother institution, probably the wisest thing to do is to speak to a professor THERE. Ask for an informational meeting, explain your issue, go prepared with questions, and I think they will have the best insights for you because they know exactly what would be the differences between the programs.