Opportunity for all: Linking service-learning and business education

A major criticism of contemporary business education centers on its failure to help business students achieve sufficient educational breath, particularly with regard to the external environment of business. The service-learning movement offers business faculty an excellent opportunity to address this deficiency. By developing curricular projects linked to community needs, faculty can fu;ther their students' technical skills while helping them simultaneously develop greater inter-personal, inter-cultural, and ethical sensitivity.