Study finds business schools out of touch with real world
A three year national assessment of 60 campuses and 50 private sector groups finds complacency and poor planning in business schools. The report urges stronger links with industry, broader curricula, and emphasis on practical skills and lifelong executive education.
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Dallas
American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business
Lyman Porter
Lawrence McKibbin
John Rosenblum
University of Virginia
Graduate School of Business
Porter
McKibbin
Richard Lewis
University of Michigan
Stanford University
James Howell
Gold based plan eyed to coordinate world exchange rates
The Reagan administration signaled near agreement among seven major economies on using a commodity basket including gold to guide policy. Baker outlined a price sensitive index to prompt rate moves, aiming to stabilize currencies without returning to the gold standard. Finance chiefs from the U S Japan West Germany Britain France Canada and Italy meet to discuss the plan.
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Washington
Reagan
Treasury
James A. Baker
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Treasury Department
Finance
Baker
Mr. Baker
West Germany
Japan
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Italy
NBC
OPEC May Seek Outside Help to Curb Oil Supply
Oil futures jumped to the year’s peak on Monday amid talk OPEC could enlist outside producers to constrain supplies. Traders questioned sustainability while some see a turning market cycle toward higher prices. May WTI crude settled near 77.69 a barrel, with heating oil and gasoline futures also advancing.
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OPEC
New York
Peter Beutel
Elders Futures Inc
New York Mercantile Exchange
West Texas
Why privatization delays persist in federal contracting
A Heritage Foundation study cites slow privatization despite Reagan era endorsements. Bureaucratic cost comparisons, in-house bias, and lengthy agency-led processes delay contracts, with some agencies awarding no outside service bids over three years.
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New York
Reagan
Grace Commission
General Accounting Office
Office of Management & Budget
Presidential Commission
White House
Heritage Foundation
Steven Moore
Stuart
Moore
Butler
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Bob Pike
Procter & Gamble
Linda Norris
News-Post
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Carl Moore
Interagency Data Processing Authority
Health Department
Commission
Z. Anita Slup
Madison Galbraith
Merrill Lynch Energy Futures
East
Frederick
NYDER
Heh Benjamin
Arthur W. Boyce
Steven C. Kessell
Jonathan Street
Hagerstown
George E
Chip” Snyder, Jr, Michael G. Benge
John W. Chillas
Patrick Street
Carl W. Disque
Arthur W, Boyce
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
John Cunniff
Columbia First
Columbia First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc
PSLIC
Rosemont Avenue
Hagerston
Washington Street
Virginia Avenue
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