ABSTRACT
“A new wave of social pressures and requests is infusing the higher-education ‘milieu’. Around the world, societies are demanding a real social engagement from higher-education institutions”. Paul Beaulieu explains how, in response to a new wave of social demands, business schools should adopt a more comprehensive and responsible social engagement. A new wave of social pressures and requests is infusing the higher-education milieu. Around the world, societies are demanding a real social engagement from higher-education institutions. The business schools sector is highly diversified in term of offer and context and these social demands aim for an active re-focusing of the mission of business schools into societal transformation. It also seeks an improved contribution in the field of the management of all types of enterprises. The business schools are clearly effective in managing and implementing the three traditional lines of business they have institutionalised: professional education and executive training; scientific research and publishing; and internal and external community participation.
