Management education around the world

Abstract

In the 'fifties and 'sixties the education industry mushroomed. Countries, notably America, broke through to a goal of democratised, mass higher education. The golden era had dawned. Today, in contrast, in many western countries the euphoric bubble has burst. Education, particularly higher education, is viewed by many with a mixture of cynicism, sadness and puzzlement. The riots and fanaticism of the sixties, the neo‐fascism and thuggery of certain elements of the left in the seventies, have taken their toll. Why pay high salaries to under‐employed professors to educate activist students who hold society in co?

Citation

Jones, L. (1975), "Management education around the world", Education + Training, Vol. 17 No. 6/7, pp. 176-178. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb001874