I will examine the history of business education from its earliest roots as a social science through present day

with a
particular focus on the rise of the business school in America in the 20 th Century.

I. Introduction
II. Literature Review
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. Business Education comes to the New World
D. Proliferation across the United States during World War I
E. The role of conglomerates in the 1960s
F. Curriculum changes in the 1980s
G. Current state of “B-Schools”
III. Data collection and methodology
A. Primary data
1. Surveys
a. Faculty
b. Former students
2. Dean interviews
B. Secondary data
1. Library Resources
a. Books
b. Articles
2. Databases
a. “Asian List of Business Schools”
b. European Honor Roll for Business Schools
c. AACSB
d. Popular press
i. US News and World Report
ii. Businessweek
IV. Results
A. Trends
B. Changes/inflection points
C. Positives
D. Negatives
V. Discussion
A. Implications for stakeholders
B. Insights for the future
VI. Conclusion