Larry Chavis is clinical professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC. He has taught there for 18 years on a renewable contract. He has now … Continue reading “Larry Chavis and the Decay of the Academy”
Business schools may be the last campus holdouts from governmental-ideological intrusion. Yet even they are beginning to surrender to current progressive obsessions with race, climate, and wealth. This capitulation was … Continue reading “The Last Holdouts Are Crumbling”
Once upon a time, corporations stuck to business, supplying Americans with goods and services. Alienating potential customers, employees, or investors through politics was bad business. Today, corporations actively advance progressive … Continue reading “Business Leaders Should Know the Value of Business”
Business schools in the United States are fiercely competitive and, by and large, led by intelligent, careful individuals. The top schools’ nigh universal endorsement of progressive values—in word and in … Continue reading “How the Woke Mob Captured Business Schools”
Once a hot degree, the MBA is now being questioned by more and more people. Wall Street Journal columnist Andy Kessler, for example, recently wrote that “the cost is prohibitive.” … Continue reading “Some MBA Programs Are an Overpriced Credential, but Others Give Real Value”
Many professors cannot resist the temptation to smuggle their personal beliefs into the courses they teach. As long as those beliefs are “progressive,” there is little chance that higher-ups in … Continue reading “Social Justice Teaching Has Invaded Business Schools”
“Dartmouth falls out of an exclusive group,” declared a 2016 headline in The Washington Post just days after the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education released its 2015 classifications … Continue reading “Carnegie Classifications—What’s All the Fuss?”
Ever since the 2008 financial crash, American business schools have been reeling from criticism. There is a widespread feeling that the financial meltdown was caused by graduates of elite business … Continue reading “What’s Wrong with Business Schools?”