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Wharton began awarding MBA degrees in 1921.

In 1942, during World War II, in the same fashion of other schools, Wharton's full-time faculty dropped dramatically from 165 to 39 by 1944.

According to school historians, members of the faculty were called upon for special posts.

In 1959, The Wharton School adopted the curriculum which is now taught in most major business schools: the program was changed with liberal arts education doubling to almost half of the curriculum, and the social sciences department was moved to the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences in 1975.

Since then, Wharton faculty have focused exclusively on business education.