What is the Undergraduate Consortium?

Since 2012, The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program has been building a national conversation on business, commerce and the liberal arts. The Aspen Undergraduate Consortium is a community of faculty and educators from more than 100 business schools and liberal arts colleges who aim to equip students with the mindset, knowledge and skills required to contribute to a flourishing economy and a strong democracy.

Schools participating in the Consortium each bring their unique intellectual interests and culture to this aspiration. As well, faculty members at Consortium gatherings each contribute knowledge and perspectives specific to their disciplines. All of this leads to a rich exchange of ideas about how individuals, communities, corporations and government interact; about the tension between the practical and the exploratory in the college experience; and about the place of business education in higher education.