• Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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    15 minutes ago

    At my relatively small college with fewer than a dozen majors, by far the most insufferably slimy people there were the students majoring in business and management, as well as the program’s instructing staff. The engineering, science, math, and humanities students were many times more genuine and pleasant.

  • Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I can’t read the whole article, but the part about shifting mindsets quickly is not only a part of business schools. I think the articles point is that the elite class is educated at business schools, and this pushes a particular mindset.

    Cech has a very good study about engineering schools having a “culture of disengagement” and essentially it is a discipline captured by capital as well.

    Jstor link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43671164