Synopses & Reviews
Business is the largest undergraduate major in the United States and still growing. This reality, along with the immense power of the business sector and its significance for national and global well-being, makes quality education critical not only for the students themselves but also for the public good.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's national study of undergraduate business education found that most undergraduate programs are too narrow, failing to challenge students to question assumptions, think creatively, or understand the place of business in larger institutional contexts. Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education examines these limitations and describes the efforts of a diverse set of institutions to address them by integrating the best elements of liberal arts learning with business curriculum to help students develop wise, ethically grounded professional judgment.
Synopsis
This book is from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s three-year effort developed in response to concerns about the failures of business education to prepare undergraduates for their responsibilities in society, including in their business practice. Business leaders stress the importance of liberal learning but most liberal arts courses are not well-integrated with the business curriculum. This important resource reports on examples of how the two can be integrated and offers solid recommendations for improvement. The authors also address the value of some perspectives that business can offer to the liberal arts.
About the Author
Anne Colby is consulting professor at Stanford University School of Education.
Thomas Ehrlich is visiting professor at Stanford University School of Education.
William M. Sullivan is senior scholar at the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College.
All three were formerly senior scholars at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Jonathan R. Dolle is associate partner for Research and Development at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Lee S. ShulmanAcknowledgments xv
The Authors xvii
1. Liberal Learning for Business Education: An Integrative Vision 1
2. Business and the Academy: Founding Hopes and Continuing Challenges 14
3. On the Ground: The Challenges of Undergraduate Business Education 32
4. The Meaning and Relevance of Liberal Education 51
5. Teaching for Key Dimensions of Liberal Learning 70
6. Pedagogies of Liberal Learning in Business Education 88
7. Structural Approaches to Integration: Building Institutional Intentionality 111
8. Emerging Agendas: Globalization and Entrepreneurship 132
9. The Way Forward 161
References 179
Index 185