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Drexel ranked third in nation for entrepreneurship
Josh Kurtz
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: News
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The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine ranked the LeBow College of Business one of the top ten entrepreneurial programs nationally in an issue which will be published Oct. 23.
The University is ranked third among undergraduate entrepreneurial programs and seventh among graduate programs.
The Universityís entrepreneurial program is based around its entrepreneurial curriculum and the Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology.
"The rankings validate what a great program we have," Donna De Carolis, academic director of the Baiada Center and associate professor of management, said.
Entrepreneurial courses in the LeBow College of Business deal mainly with entrepreneurial finance and law. In addition, De Carolis said that one graduate class she teaches in entrepreneurship allows business students to create business plans for technologies being developed at Drexel.
ìWe have all these great technologies here,î De Carolis said, and her course is a way of ìmatching the technological side, the scientific side, with the business side.î
Entrepreneurship is available as both a major and minor at the University, and students from any major are allowed to minor in the subject.
De Carolis said that more students who major in non-business programs, such as photography and engineering, are minoring in entrepreneurship.
ìAt the end of the day, everything revolves around business,î she said.
In addition to the Universityís curriculum, the Baiada Center also plays a major part in Drexelís entrepreneurship program.
According to Mark Loschiavo, the executive director of the Baiada Center, it has ìgrown tremendously since 2002.î Up until 2002, Drexel had outsourced the centerís activities to the board of technology.
ìThe most telling difference is the fact that five years ago we werenít recognized at a regional level, much less a national level,î Loschiavo said.
The University is ranked third among undergraduate entrepreneurial programs and seventh among graduate programs.
The Universityís entrepreneurial program is based around its entrepreneurial curriculum and the Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology.
"The rankings validate what a great program we have," Donna De Carolis, academic director of the Baiada Center and associate professor of management, said.
Entrepreneurial courses in the LeBow College of Business deal mainly with entrepreneurial finance and law. In addition, De Carolis said that one graduate class she teaches in entrepreneurship allows business students to create business plans for technologies being developed at Drexel.
ìWe have all these great technologies here,î De Carolis said, and her course is a way of ìmatching the technological side, the scientific side, with the business side.î
Entrepreneurship is available as both a major and minor at the University, and students from any major are allowed to minor in the subject.
De Carolis said that more students who major in non-business programs, such as photography and engineering, are minoring in entrepreneurship.
ìAt the end of the day, everything revolves around business,î she said.
In addition to the Universityís curriculum, the Baiada Center also plays a major part in Drexelís entrepreneurship program.
According to Mark Loschiavo, the executive director of the Baiada Center, it has ìgrown tremendously since 2002.î Up until 2002, Drexel had outsourced the centerís activities to the board of technology.
ìThe most telling difference is the fact that five years ago we werenít recognized at a regional level, much less a national level,î Loschiavo said.
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