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Thomas Edison State College
shift is underway in the curriculum requirements for undergraduate college students, and this may be good news for employers.
“Our revised general education curriculum impacts the college in obvious programmatic ways, but more importantly, it prepares students to be more valu-
repping students to be more valuable members of the workforce
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able members of the workforce,” says Cynthia MacMillan, director of Learning Outcomes Assessment at Thomas Edison State College. “The contemporized curriculum exposes them to a number of socially relevant, real-world disciplines that map to the evolving needs of the workplace.”
Undergraduate students who spend a sizeable chunk of their time and tuition dollars fulfilling requirements in the general education category welcomed the curriculum. These requirements typically encompass 60 of the 120 credits needed for completion of most bachelor’s degree programs.
Under the evolving general education schematic, traditional mainstays like humanities, English composition, mathematics, and social studies are optimized by courses in social and ethical responsibility, diversity and global literacy that can be integrated across all areas of study.
“For students, the shift fosters fuller participation in an increasingly global, culturally diverse and technologically sophisticated workplace,” MacMillan says. “The college is in the process of expanding general educa- tion curriculum requirements to include information literacy, oral com- munications, and civic engagement.”
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Rutgers University
utgers recognized as one of the world’s top destinations to pursue an MBA in Healthcare/Pharma
Rutgers Business School is recog- nized as one of the “top five destina- tions” in the world to pursue an MBA
world-renowned health/ pharma MBA program
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in healthcare/pharmaceuticals by MBAUniverse.com, India’s No. 1 MBA Portal. The article offered advice
to prospective MBA students to look at certain spe- cializations each business school is reputed for when deciding where to apply.
Rutgers Business School is located in the heart of the bio-pharmaceutical industry in the United States making Rutgers MBA students highly sought after by biopharma companies.
Rutgers MBA students have earned prestige in the industry by beating out Wharton, Columbia, and Kel- logg as well as teams from Michigan State, MIT Sloan, Duke, Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, and the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business in a recent biopharma case competition.
Corporate partners like Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eisai, Johnson & Johnson, and Novartis ensure that the program’s curriculum addresses the many facets of the healthcare and pharmaceutical business, including legal, regulatory and ethical issues, characteristics of the health care system, and real- world marketing challenges faced by the industry. The partnerships help to support a prestigious Industry Scholars Program that provides scholarships to cover in- or out-of-state tuition for eligible students, offers meaningful internship opportunities, and enhances employment prospects with the industry.
By highlighting Rutgers Business School along with Boston University, IMD, China Europe International Business School, and Vlerick Business School in Bel- gium, MBAUniverse.com sought to help prospective students find an “MBA at the right university in the right destination to expand a career in the right direc- tion.” The website was established in 2006 to provide an information portal on management education which it believes is a global service.