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Explore the debate and science of Business Education.

December 13, 2012

Taxing Small Business

William H. Young

William Young examines the probable impact of proposed new tax policies affecting small businesses.

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July 16, 2012

Business (Ethics) as Usual

Jason Fertig

Textbooks tend to take a superficial and often anti-market approach.

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July 3, 2012

A Better Way to Educate Professionals

Douglas Campbell

Suggestions for how the faculty of the traditional liberal arts, the physical sciences and the management and business programs can collaborate to better educate professionals.

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June 28, 2012

Capitalism and Western Civilization: Knowledge Workers

William H. Young

William Young examines the increasing shortage of highly skilled wokers and considers some possible solutions.

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May 31, 2012

Capitalism and Western Civilization: Taxation

William H. Young

William Young examines the impact of corporate and business tax policies on the economy.

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March 8, 2012

Who Teaches College Professors How to Teach?

Jason Fertig

I have a dirty little secret.  No one has ever taught me how to teach - and that's the single biggest reason I still love teaching today.

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August 8, 2011

Leftist (Not Liberal) Learning for the Profession

Jason Fertig

Jason Fertig reviews Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education, and finds its proposed curricular reforms too ideologically skewed.

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June 16, 2011

Better Blueprint Needed

Jason Fertig

A recent proposal to upgrade business curricula correctly pinpoints current deficiencies, but doesn't offer a credible alternative.

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May 17, 2011

Yes, There Are Classics in Business Education

Jason Fertig

To be really effective in training students for "the real world," business professors should substitute business "classics" for impractical and confusing textbooks.

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May 4, 2011

Can We Put Business Students to Work?

Jason Fertig

Jason Fertig considers why business students lack motivation to work hard and encourages business professors to take steps to hold students to higher standards.

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