"It's a little frightening to think that a 17- or 18-year-old should be committed to a career path and somehow forgo that two-year exploration, " Andrea Hershatter, director of the undergraduate program at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, told Business Week.

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D. from Northwestern University, Robertson was a professor and head of the marketing department at Wharton from 1971 to 1994 before developing international programs at Emory University (where he was also dean of its Goizueta Business School) and at the London Business School.

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