Book description
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.
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.
