Stevens delivers strategic leadership training to Johnson & Johnson in China

HOBOKEN, N.J. ― In a cascade of recent agreements to deliver leadership training in China, Stevens Institute of Technology, the New Jersey-based technological and management university, announced this month that it has reached an agreement with Johnson & Johnson, the giant pharmaceutical and healthcare company, to provide its China management with a program in strategic leadership. Designed by Stevens Professor Ann Mooney, it will be delivered by the university’s faculty in Shanghai over the next two years.

“ US partnership with China in education and industry is critical for the long-term stability of the global economy,” remarked Robert Ubell, who manages Stevens' China programs. "Playing a central role in China engages faculty and students, not only for the school's strategic mission, but in the best interests of the nation.”

In a parallel move in September, Stevens entered a unique partnership with Amway to build a cadre of global leaders for the worldwide direct-selling company. Launched last month in the US and China simultaneously, instructor-led online modules are delivered over 18 months by Stevens’ faculty over WebCampus, the school’s award-winning online unit.

Stevens’ programs with Johnson & Johnson and Amway are an outgrowth of the university’s newly launched 8-module certificate program, coupled with employee assessment and coaching, from Stevens Institute for Technical Leadership (www.stevens.edu/china).

Earlier, Stevens concluded agreements with IBM China as well as China Development Bank, financial backer of the Three Gorges Dam and the Beijing Olympics, to provide bank employees with graduate degrees in project management.

Stevens’ engagement with Johnson & Johnson follows more than six years of providing education and training in China . In partnership with key Chinese universities, Stevens offers graduate degrees in management and technology in Beijing (www.stevens.edu/china).

About WebCampus (www.webcampus.stevens.edu)

Since it was launched almost a decade ago, WebCampus has enrolled more than 20,000 students. It offers more than 350 sections in 17 online Master’s degrees and an MBA, as well as 37 graduate certificates in science, technology and management. Students from 47 states and 44 countries have taken WebCampus courses. In 2003, the Sloan Foundation named WebCampus the “ Best Online University ” in the nation. Last year, the school’s blended learning China program received Sloan’s award as best teaching and learning program internationally. In 2005 and again this year, the US Distance Learning Association (USDLA) presented WebCampus with its “21st Century Best Practices Award.” For details, see www.webcampus.stevens.edu.

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 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. 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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