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Letters The Sustainable B-School I was pleased to read your article "Sustainability at the Core," regard- ing the incorporation of sustainability within business school curricula, in the July/August issue of BizEd. However, I was discouraged to note that the article focused on a fairly narrow range of schools committed to this area. Of the schools you mention, only one has been rated by the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute as being at the cutting edge of incorporating social and environ- mental stewardship into itsMBA Correction In "Doing theMath on B-School Enrollments" in the July/August issue of BizEd, information in three charts is mislabeled. The correct charts, showing the trends in master's and bachelor's degrees awarded in theU.S., are presented here. U.S. Business Degrees Awarded Thousands 150 200 250 300 120 30 60 90 0 '73 '76 '79 '82 '85 '88 '91 '94 '97 '00 Projected Number of U.S. Business Degrees Awarded Thousands program. The biennial WRI/Aspen Beyond Grey Pinstripes report is the most comprehensive assessment tool on this subject. Your readers may want to visit the Beyond Grey Pinstripes Web site (www.beyond greypinstripes.org) to see which schools are leading the way when it comes to integrating sustainability into business school education. This site also contains an extensive data- base, which provides detailed infor- mation on what each school is doing in this area. Andrew J. Horning Managing Director Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise University ofMichigan 8 BizEd SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2005 100 200 300 400 0 Projected Changes in Business Degrees Awarded in the U.S. '73 '76 '79 '82 '85 '88 '91 '94 '97 '00 '03 '06 '09 Annual % Change 10 15 20 -5 0 5 '73 '76 '79 '82 '85 '88 '91 '94 '97 '00 '03 '06 '09 Master's Bachelor's Master's Bachelor's Master's Bachelor's