The academic world prepares to tremble...
Alison Damast at Business Week uncovers an alarming new MBA trend:
"Writing classes typically aren't on most business schools' list of core required courses, but business schools are starting to recognize that MBAs' rusty composition skills could benefit from a brush-up. In Minneapolis, the University of St. Thomas' Opus College of Business requires that all students take a writing and spoken communication course during their first year. The school's writing communication lab professors helps students improve their writing skills, coaching them on everything from how to write a case study analysis to lengthy academic papers."
My goodness - if this carries on, you might not be able to tell 'em apart from proper students!
More scary earth-shattering stuff here: http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/nov2008/bs20081118_490130.htm
Edit: Before anyone else points it out, Ms. Damast has demonstrated some "plural confusion" in that sentence about the "writing communication lab". Tut.
"Writing classes typically aren't on most business schools' list of core required courses, but business schools are starting to recognize that MBAs' rusty composition skills could benefit from a brush-up. In Minneapolis, the University of St. Thomas' Opus College of Business requires that all students take a writing and spoken communication course during their first year. The school's writing communication lab professors helps students improve their writing skills, coaching them on everything from how to write a case study analysis to lengthy academic papers."
My goodness - if this carries on, you might not be able to tell 'em apart from proper students!
More scary earth-shattering stuff here: http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/nov2008/bs20081118_490130.htm
Edit: Before anyone else points it out, Ms. Damast has demonstrated some "plural confusion" in that sentence about the "writing communication lab". Tut.