The eight business school courses recognized with an Ideas Worth Teaching Award represent the new toolkit for business to be a collaborative, restorative force in society’s wellbeing amid a historic time of overlapping global crises.

As we approach this opportunity to build a more just, resilient, and sustainable society, the 2021 Ideas Worth Teaching Awards will honor exceptional teaching that prepares students for their urgent roles in in a drastically changed world, one that requires business to consider and act on challenges that extend well beyond the walls of the firm.

Together with our co-hosts Franklin & Marshall College; the Freeman College of Management, Bucknell University; and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, we are honored to invite you to the 2021 Aspen Undergraduate Consortium.

This year's structure includes opening and closing sessions in June and October, as well as new summer learning pods, which will give participants the chance to delve deeply into sub-topics relevant to our theme.

The Aspen Institute recognizes nine business courses that respond to the global crises of 2020 by innovating in form and content — and suggest a new way forward for business, as society calls to rebuild.

This year’s Awards will honor exceptional teaching that prepares students for their urgent roles in building society’s health. Nominations for this Award will help Aspen BSP continue to assemble the authoritative catalogue of courses that are paving the way to a future we can all celebrate.

Ten winners of the “2019 Ideas Worth Teaching Award” demonstrate transformative business education, changing how tomorrow’s leaders will think about their decisions and the role they play in society’s future.

Faculty and staff from more than 30 institutions of higher learning explore blending the liberal arts and business education at the Boston University Questrom School of Business

Students representing top business schools analyzed a brand-new case study, authored by the Yale School of Management, focused on cleaner energy and local economic development

These 20 exceptional courses are inspiring and equipping future business leaders to tackle the issues of our time. The Ideas Worth Teaching Awards are honoring extraordinary teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels that is redefining excellence in business education - and ultimately in business practice.

The Aspen Institute and Franklin & Marshall College host workshop on "Collaborating for the Common Good" to help colleges blend liberal arts and business curriculums.

This annual competition offered a singular opportunity for more than 1,000 students from 25 business schools worldwide to reflect on the significant influence - and potential for good - that a well-managed business can have in society.

CasePlace.org was a curated library of teaching resources designed primarily for business school faculty to help them incorporate environmental, social and ethical topics into their teaching. In October 2016, CasePlace was taken offline and our new weekly email communication Ideas Worth Teaching took its place.