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Change over Time: The Study of the Past and the Future of Business Education

In: Shaping the Future of Business Education

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  • Chris Beneke

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Why would someone enrolled at a business school study history? The reasons may not be self-evident. On the surface, history is a manifestly impractical subject, earning a spot on a 2012 ‘13 Most Useless Majors’ survey (Carnevale et al.; The Daily Beast, 2012). A student who completes a history course, a concentration in history, or even an entire history major, may not be well prepared to conduct an audit, trade stocks, build a house, repair an air conditioning system, or treat an ailing patient. Given such limitations, the professionally oriented undergraduate may perceive required history courses as a prerequisite leading to nowhere or even an obstruction on the road to a career in business. Tuition-wary parents may likewise view it as a vestigial piece of an outdated and prohibitively expensive educational ideal.

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  • Chris Beneke, 2013. "Change over Time: The Study of the Past and the Future of Business Education," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Gordon M. Hardy & Daniel L. Everett (ed.), Shaping the Future of Business Education, chapter 9, pages 123-134, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-03338-3_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137033383_10
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