This article continues the dialogue about the proper breadth of the marketing curriculum. Specifically, we suggest that developing better links between marketing and other areas of business and fostering connections between marketing and liberal arts courses provide benefits to students, organizations, and society. Suggestions are made regarding pedagogy and necessary changes in the academic reward structure.
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