The Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable just released a study of 69 graduate business schools examining whether institutions have the organizational systems to detect external change and translate it into sustained curriculum adaptation.
One finding stood out: roughly a third of schools have the operational capability to adapt — but don't consistently activate it. The researchers call this "Latent Agility," and it may describe more institutions in this community than the more dramatic "high-friction" cases that usually get attention.
I summarize the findings and what they mean for program-level leadership — including a discipline-neutral framework for assessing where your own program might fall, regardless of where it sits within your college or university structure.
I'd be glad to hear how this framework lands for your institution.
🔗 Access Research Entry 001: https://rgalsup.com/research-entry-001-curricular-agility-in-graduate-business-education/.
🔗 To view all published plays, visit: https://rgalsup.com/grad-program-intake-playbook/.
The GBCR report itself is available through the Graduate Business Curriculum Roundtable.
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