Almost three-dozen LeBow College of Business students have begun a customized two-year MBA program. These students were selected by Vanguard, one of the world’s largest investment management companies, to attend the program. Students joined several Vanguard employees in this customized program.
Drexel LeBow is delivering the course at the business college’s campus in Malvern. The program began with a four-day residency at which Vanguard chairman and CEO Bill McNabb welcomed the students and described why the investment firm chose Drexel’s LeBow College of Business Corporate and Executive Education to provide the customized MBA program.
Drexel LeBow Associate Dean Paul Jensen emphasized the fact that this new program is the beginning of a partnership with Vanguard and that the relationship is most important because Drexel is a research institution focused on experiential learning.
Several of the classes that students will participate in are customized to incorporate challenges and opportunities specific to Vanguard. Some of those classes will eventually be modified in order for incorporation into Drexel’s other MBA programs.
The first class includes 28 students that Vanguard selected from its Valley Forge headquarters, as well as four employees from Scottsdale, Ariz., one from Charlotte, N.C., and one from London. They range from four years of experience with Vanguard to 24 years. Employees from Vanguard serve in roles such as analyst, manager and technical lead.
Drexel LeBow’s Corporate and Executive Education office provides thought leadership and business solutions through a variety of programs provided to corporations in the Philadelphia area and around the world. Clients include Independence Blue Cross, Lockheed Martin, City of Philadelphia, and Campbell Soup.