What are tangible ways the NYU program encourages students to undertake this kind of exploration?
Blount-Lyon: We limit the number of courses you can take in business, which is one of the things for which I’m proudest. We saw a 10% increase in demand for liberal arts electives in the last year. This means that many more of our students have decided to do minors in the arts and sciences. We believe you have to make sure social impact and ethics are front and center. We have a four-course sequence in social impact and ethics. There’s one course in each year of a student’s education. The reason we spread it across the four years is to integrate it fully with those other parts such as liberal arts, business courses, and study abroad. Do your students really need this well-rounded experience to be successful in the future? Blount-Lyon: Whether we like it or not, business is the dominant social institution of our age. As a result, some of the brightest minds of the generation are being drawn to business. We are routinely seeing students with 1400 or 1500 SAT scores applying to business p
