This article describes a teaching methodology called consultant learning,anew method of structuring courses in management and other business disciplines in a way that empowers students and places them in control of their own learning process. The consultant learning approach turns the classroom into a laboratory for the free enterprise system, using price as the allocation mechanism for grades earned. Students determine their own grades by earning consulting fees by completing projects. The amount of consulting fees earned determines each student’s grade.
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