ERIC Number: EJ1394827
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jul
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-1047-8485
EISSN: EISSN-2472-3451
Reimagining Business Education through University-Community Microenterprise Collaborations
Guerrieri, Kevin G.; Ivanic, Aarti S.; Hannasch-Haag, Diana; Gonzalez, Julieta
Metropolitan Universities, v34 n3 p56-81 Jul 2023
Business education must evolve. Traditionally, it has been narrowly focused, siloed, and often reflective of the transactional nature of business through the lens of maximizing shareholder wealth. The triumph of market fundamentalism over the last five decades has coincided with increasing social inequality, the concentration of corporate power, and a weakening of many forms of social solidarity. There are calls for higher education institutions to reaffirm their commitment to their public purposes and the common good and to leverage their economic resources as anchor institutions. Schools of business have enormous potential to contribute to these efforts by integrating into the curriculum a broader and deeper focus on university-community collaboration, civic engagement, and solidarity with community partners to address social and economic inequities. This review of a partnership between an MBA program and a community center's microenterprise program highlights the key role that community engagement can play in graduate business education. The study includes a conceptual model incorporating four overlapping areas: critical reflection, relational paradigms, intersectionality, multilingual communication, and intercultural praxis. Structural barriers and challenges are discussed in the study, but also opportunities for building upon program strengths and a flexible framework for implementation at other institutions. [Note: The issue number (4) shown in the citation on the PDF is incorrect. The correct issue number is 3.]
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Business Schools, School Business Relationship, Social Differences, Community Centers, School Community Relationship, Models, Barriers, Multilingualism, Intercultural Communication, Intersectionality, Graduate Students, Service Learning, Partnerships in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California (San Diego)
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