Both the Management and Engineering programs at Bucknell are aware of the curricular challenges posed by technological and global economic change. Each program is attempting to adjust as necessary and to the extent possible. It is in this context that the opportunity to create the Institute for Leadership in Technology and Management has arisen. The Institute allows select students, representing both programs, to study in a unique academic context during the summer following their sophomore year, and to participate in a special internship experience prior to graduation.
Students meet a very competitive application and review process.
Although they already represent a very selective group of students nationally by virtue of their being at a prestigious liberal arts university, they are also among the very best students that Bucknell University has to offer. They are, in fact, the leaders of tomorrow. The academic program is truly interdisciplinary. Students have the opportunity to consider what leadership really is, what makes a successful leader, examples of leadership, and which leadership traits are most relevant to the challenges of the next century. The content of the curriculum and the pedagogical approach have been selected to allow the themes of technology and technological change in a rapidly changing global economy to be central to the program.