Abstract

The article discusses the comments by professor Dow Votaw on the views expressed by professor D. Berry, dean of the European Institute of Business Administration, on the current state of business education in the U.S. According to Votaw, it is a sweeping generalization to predict the demise of the whole educational product scope. There is no evidence so far to suggest that schools are experiencing any serious failure in placing their graduates in business or elsewhere in society. The difficulties of progressing European business education may or may not be connected with American influences. It might be that the study of management has not advanced sufficiently to know whether the American academic mode for it is definitive. The operational problems of elite American schools may arise from domestic reasons, ranging from program content to funding or interschool competition. The late appearance of university-level European business education is a relevant consideration in assessing it's growth and development.