"They're controlled by the local school board, which consists of car dealers who were high school football players, instead of some national Ministry of Education run by PhDs."
You know what those PhDs look like Paul? They remind people of the "Nerds" that had trouble settling in. They remind people of misfits. They also remind people of the "guy who know it all but can't make a good decision".
My Business professor told me once: "The Business school taught students how to make decisions". That is something that separates business students and science students. Science students argue (too much) based on science in which sometime not applicable or whatnot while Business students make a decision.
The Ministry of Education way has its own problems, namely that these kinds of organizations aren't really interested in education per se but in social engineering.
PS I bet most of the science faculty at your school had written loads of journal articles etc. How many of the business faculty were self-made millionaires?
My point is that your science professors are very likely to be real scientists, but your business professors are unlikely to be real businessmen. Ask yourself why that might be.
You know what those PhDs look like Paul? They remind people of the "Nerds" that had trouble settling in. They remind people of misfits. They also remind people of the "guy who know it all but can't make a good decision".
My Business professor told me once: "The Business school taught students how to make decisions". That is something that separates business students and science students. Science students argue (too much) based on science in which sometime not applicable or whatnot while Business students make a decision.
PS: I'm from CS background.