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July 10, 2013Honours without profits? A business school's link-up with a private firm is an interesting case studyTHE sort of people who go through business school, one might think, would have no problem with the idea of education being provided for a profit. But when Thunderbird, a struggling school based in Arizona, announced three months ago that it was planning a partnership with Laureate, an education company, there was uproar among its alumni and students. A petition calling for the deal to be halted has won almost 2,000 signatures. By "selling out", Thunderbird's management is diluting the school's brand and cheapening its degrees, it says.Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 10, 2013 12:47 AM Subscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: ![]() Comments
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