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February 14, 2007
Stevens Offers United Technologies Project Management Master's Degrees
Agreement Parallels Successful Online Programs with
Fortune 500 Companies
HOBOKEN , N.J. February 14, 2007 — In a partnership
with the corporate training company Novations Group,
Stevens Institute of Technology will offer United
Technologies Corporation (UTC) personnel the chance to earn
Project Management master's degrees online.
The innovative program acknowledges the quality of
corporate training. After an intensive review by
Stevens' faculty of Novations courses, the school
allows UTC employees, after they complete seven courses,
the opportunity to earn masters degrees, taking only eight
Stevens' graduate courses instead of the 12 required.
"Stevens' special agreements with Fortune 500
companies credits the intensive training employees
receive," commented Stevens Professor Audrey Curtis.
"These highly skilled personnel can then go on to
pursue internationally acknowledged academic rewards at
Stevens." Curtis is Executive Director of the
university's Telecommunications Management and Project
Management programs.
To qualify for academic credit, employees must pass a
special exam. For admission, an undergraduate degree with a
GPA of 3.0 or better at an accredited school is also
required. UTC personnel accepted into the program can take
courses from anywhere in the world online though Stevens
award-winning unit, WebCampus. A similar program is
underway with The Boeing Company and was initiated earlier
with AT&T.
Among only seven schools in the US accredited by the
Project Management Institute, Stevens is one of the oldest
and most venerated engineering and technology management
schools in the country. Named the "best online
university" in the nation by the Sloan Foundation,
WebCampus has also received the prize as the "best
online graduate school" by the US Distance Learning
Association.
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In addition to providing project management training to
Fortune 500 companies, Novations, also offers coaching and
mentoring, communications skills, competency modeling,
customer service and sales training, and other services.
Headquartered in Hartford , Conn. , United Technologies
Company includes a diversified portfolio including Carrier
heating and air conditioning, Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace
systems and industrial products, Otis elevators and
escalators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, Sikorsky
helicopters, UTC Fire & Security systems and UTC Power
fuel cells. The $43 billion company employs more than
220,000 personnel around the world.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of
the leading technological universities in the world
dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based
curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross
disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of
global challenges in engineering, science, and technology
management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and
among, business, industry, government and other
universities contribute to the enriched environment of the
Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in
academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external
partners in launching business enterprises to create broad
opportunities and shared value. Stevens offers
baccalaureates, master's and doctoral degrees in
engineering, science, computer science and management, in
addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and
liberal arts, and in business and technology. The
university has a total enrollment of 1,850 undergraduate
and 2,980 graduate students, and a worldwide online
enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time faculty of 140.
Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international
participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and
Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from
its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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