Duke Business

TopTier
Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:35:48 +0000

@bluedog and @Jwest22‌: Here’s an interesting fact regarding a formal Business curriculum at Duke. I believe – although I am not certain – that in the early-1970’s (and prior) Duke had an undergraduate Business curriculum/major (not sure of the nomenclature). However, during the Graduate School of Business Administration’s (now Fuqua) nascent years, the national/international MBA accreditation group demanded that Duke drop its undergraduate business curriculum. This was the group’s general policy for MBA accreditation, although older programs (for example, Wharton) were “grandfathered.” Tom Keller, who was the GSBA’s/Fuqua’s Dean, decided that the University should do so, Terry Sanford and the Trustees concurred. This was a key recommendation in an independent strategic study I developed for Tom, so I have some first-hand knowledge of what happened and why.