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LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY GETS HIGH MARKS IN ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 ENTREPRENEURIAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S.
LMU Management And Entrepreneurship Professor Fred Kiesner Ranks No. 5 Among Top 10 Directors Of All Entrepreneurship Programs Nationally

April 21, 2004 - Loyola Marymount University's Entrepreneurship Program is among the Top 10 best Colleges and Universities in the United States within the Entrepreneurship Emphasis Category, according to the May 2004 issue of Entrepreneur magazine, on newsstands now. More than 825 entrepreneurship programs were researched for the study.

LMU Management and Entrepreneurship professor Fred Kiesner ranks as No. 5 among the top 10 directors of all entrepreneurship programs nationally. The individual ranking is based on a poll of entrepreneurship professors from more than 350 schools throughout the country, and this is the second year Kiesner has held the No. 5. spot. Kiesner holds the Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship, and has taught at LMU for nearly 30 years. For more information on LMU's Entrepreneurship Program, visit http://www.lmu-entrepreneurship.org/.

Entrepreneur's 2nd annual evaluation of the best entrepreneurship programs at U.S. colleges and universities is the most credible and comprehensive analysis of its kind. The final rankings are based on more than 70 separate criteria, including course offerings, teaching and research faculty, business-community outreaches, research centers and institutes, degrees and certificates offered, and faculty and alumni evaluations. The study was conducted from September to December 2003 by TechKnowledge Point Corp. Founded by in 2001, TechKnowledge Point is the world's first and only 24/7 online research and referral exchange for entrepreneurship and enterprise development. Full results of the study appear in Entrepreneur's May issue.

For more than 25 years, Entrepreneur magazine has been the leading authority dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs worldwide to start and grow successful companies. More than 2 million readers turn to Entrepreneur every month for cutting-edge ideas to help them grow and improve their businesses.

About Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
Founded in 1911, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles is the eighth largest of the nation's 28 Jesuit colleges and universities. With a strong base in the liberal arts, LMU serves more than 5,300 undergraduates and nearly 3,000 graduate students. LMU includes four colleges: the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, the College of Business Administration, the College of Communication and Fine Arts, and the College of Science and Engineering, as well as the School of Education, the School of Film and Television, the Graduate Division, LMU Extension, and Loyola Law School. For more information, visit the LMU website at www.lmu.edu.

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