For some people, having a Ph.D. would be the end of their higher education journey. Jeff Anderson earned his doctorate in chemistry from Washington University and has a job he loves as the director of the Clinical Data Analytics Platform at Mayo Clinic. Yet he says, “I felt there was a gap in my business knowledge.”
So Anderson did what lifelong learners do, he began researching how he could expand his understanding of the business world. That’s when he found the Labovitz M.B.A. program on the Rochester, Minnesota, campus.
“The fact that UMD's Labovitz School of Business and Economics is accredited was a decider for me,” Anderson says. “The U of M is very recognizable. That’s important, and the program was convenient,” he added. The program’s format offers Friday afternoon and Saturday morning classes that take place on alternating weekends. “We had live lectures and a lot of in-person interaction.” Read More