The business and accounting and MBA programs at BYU’s Marriott School of Management are, in one sense, very comparable to those at any other relevant North American program. Could it be, though, that the cumulative experience that many of the graduates of those programs gain by the time of their degrees — serving in student wards, for example, and as missionaries, and having been studying scriptural texts for many years — might give them a bit of a nudge toward the “wisdom” discussed in this article, above and beyond their purely academic training? Could we do yet better at this? Do we have unique potential in this regard? (Photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Once you understand what he’s asking, this is an extraordinarily interesting question:
And it’s one where, I like to think and hope, Latter-day Saint educational institutions — including not only the Utah, Idaho, and Hawaii campuses of Brigham Young University, but our seminaries and institutes and our Sunday schools and youth programs and the experiences that many of our youth have as missionaries — might have something to offer. And where we at BYU might want to see whether we can offer yet more.
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