Advice for Finance major

blossom
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:37:57 +0000

There was backlash after Enron– who exactly are these business programs admitting, and what are they teaching. There was backlash after the financial crisis with the same questions. There will be backlash yet again after some as yet unnamed Black Swan event. But the residual impact of these various “who are we admitting” events is ALWAYS the provost and Dean of Students and sometimes the university president but usually the Dean of the Business School/Department promising to spend more time admitting people with a demonstrated commitment to community building, using capitalism to raise the tide and raise all the boats, etc.

Even the most venal folks in higher ed understand that the public perception of their institution cannot be “we want kids who look like they’re going to make a lot of money and then give us a kickback out of gratitude”.