Troy, N.Y. — SUCCESS Magazine has ranked Rensselaer sixth on its annual list of the 50 “Best Entrepreneurial Business Schools” in the nation. Schools in the survey were ranked on: caliber of students, faculty, curriculum, community outreach, innovative programs, follow-up of graduates, and reputation among fellow schools.

“To make the list of Best Entrepreneurial Business Schools shows superior innovation and accomplishments,” said SUCCESS publisher Victoria Conte. The rankings appear in the February/March edition of SUCCESS.

Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management and Technology distinguished itself from more than 250 entrepreneurship programs in the country. The Lally School and its Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship have long been a hotbed for budding entrepreneurs.

“It is wonderful to receive this recognition,” said Joseph Ecker, dean of the Lally School. “Entrepreneurship has always been a hallmark of the Lally School, but it’s nice to find ourselves named a top ten school.”

In the SUCCESS rankings, Babson College was ranked first, followed by UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago, DePaul University, and the University of St. Thomas (Minn.).

Rensselaer’s entrepreneurial culture was bolstered by a recent $1 million gift from alumnus and Trustee, Mike Herman ’62 to infuse entrepreneurship throughout the curriculum in the fall.

Recently, The Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurial Leadership selected the Severino Center to lead a nationwide pilot program called Technology Enhanced Entrepreneurship Education (TE3). In May, more than 30 professors from around the country will gather at Rensselaer for a three-day clinic designed to introduce faculty to the state of the art in technology-enhanced learning.

SUCCESS Magazine’s readership is more than 1 million strong and the magazine is regarded as the oldest business publication in the country.

The full rankings will be on the web March 13 at: http://www.successmagazine.com/2_01stories_3/bus_schools_2_01.htm

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