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Finkle, Todd A. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2010
This article documents a trip that was made by students from the University of Akron's College of Business to visit Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and the second richest man in the world at his Global Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Every year, Buffett invites a select number of schools to Omaha to visit with him and tour…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Administration, Field Experience Programs, Field Trips
Metrication Board, London (England). – 1972
Great Britain began changing to the metric system in 1965, in order to improve industrial efficiency and to increase its competitive strength in international trade. Despite internal and external pressures calling for acceleration of the rate of change, a loss of momentum in expanding use of metric standards was noted in 1971. In order to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Economic Progress, Educational Needs, Government Role