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The education that today’s business schools provide is being severely criticized by their various stakeholders. These include current students, teachers, and alumni, as well as the companies and organizations that ultimately employee their graduates. Many of the issues brought forth are worth examining. While the root causes are many, the fundamental challenges facing business schools are two: (a) how do we educate business school students so that their education is more relevant when they enter the workforce, and (b) how do we make their education more affordable?
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Davis, M.M. (2013). Challenges Facing Today’s Business Schools. In: Hardy, G.M., Everett, D.L. (eds) Shaping the Future of Business Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137033383_3
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