Feb. 7 - Laptop Initiative Open to All Rider Business Students
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“We want to give our students both the skills and instruments they will need to be leaders in business,” said Dr. Larry Newman, interim CBA dean. “Having all business students own and use laptops with the requisite software dovetails nicely with other initiatives such as our Wall Street Journal Partnership with Dow Jones and the University’s Center for the Development of Leadership Skills.”
Dr. Newman added that the CBA will negotiate purchase prices at very competitive rates for laptops that have the configuration and software necessary for their particular major fields of study.
Through the Wall Street Journal program, business students receive full subscriptions to the newspaper, can access it online and professors use its articles for classroom and case discussion. The leadership program provides interpersonal skill-building activities and instruction that builds competency crucial to effective leadership.
“The combination of these programs along with our laptop initiative will equip our students with the skills and tools they will use in the business world,” Dr. Newman added.
In 2003, the CBA required accounting majors to have laptop computers in their financial accounting classes. The students benefited from the continuing use of popular accounting software and the rapid development of accounting research tools.
“Now we want to move to the next level by requiring ownership of laptops for every student,” Dr. Newman said. “Most do now anyhow. A survey we took of the freshman class during the fall semester revealed that more than 90 percent of our students owned their own computer. The survey also showed that 66 percent received computers after high school graduation as a gift before they started college.
“Our laptop initiative program will give our students the opportunity to make the most of educational and professional software commonly employed in the business community,” he said. “It will also help them integrate computers in their daily activities, from time and project management to analytical and problem solving approaches reflecting the lifestyle of today’s business professional.”
The CBA holds the prestigious AACSB International International accreditation for its undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as the specialized AACSB International accreditation for its undergraduate and graduate accounting programs. AACSB International's rigorous standards stress academic excellence and a commitment to continuous improvement. Rider is one of just two schools in
On the graduate level, the CBA also offers an Executive MBA program, a general MBA program and a Master of Accountancy program. Undergraduate majors include accounting, actuarial science, advertising, business economics, computer information systems, entrepreneurial studies, finance, global business, human resource management, management and organizational behavior, and marketing.
