By Rachel Z. Arndt
As I wrote last week, a post-crisis curriculum—spurred by the financial crisis—is rapidly taking root at business schools across the country. It turns out the trend is broader and deeper than I thought, with the vast majority of schools making, or planning to make, curriculum changes, according to a new study. The changes are mostly small—a new class here, a leadership program there—but they point to a significant change in the way b-schools teach business.
The MBA Roundtable, an organization focused on curricular design and innovation, surveyed (with Percept Research) 232 MBA programs in January and February and found that 69% “have made a significant revision to their MBA curriculum within the past four years.” Eighty-nine percent of the programs surveyed said they have curricular changes in the works.
Among these changes are the addition of courses related to the financial crisis, courses based on projects, and interdisciplinary studies. Some programs are introducing leadership programs and emphasizing ethics, and others are creating entirely new MBA programs.
Read the full article: More MBA Curriculum Changes in the Pipeline