What is the Legacy Fund?
The Legacy Fund’s sole purpose is to generate cash flow for student activities and
projects that advance the Queen’s MBA brand. Think of it as a maintenance fee on your
degree, no different than you would pay condo fees or make improvements on your house.
Like real estate, your degree is an investment, and is an ongoing one. By contributing to the
Legacy Fund, you help to support projects that maintain and increase the value of the
brand with which we are all associated.
The job market for MBAs is more competitive than ever. In the U.S. alone, there were a
reported 126,214 MBAs graduated in 2011, up 74% from 2001*. As a result, it is
becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd. To revisit our real estate
analogy, this is equivalent to waking up one day to find that the housing market has been
flooded with condos just like yours. More than ever, it is imperative that we find a way to
stand out and be noticed so that our degree not just maintains, but increases in value over
time. This is exactly the objective of the Legacy Fund. Our belief is that by continuing to
invest in the future of our school, we continue to invest in ourselves and the future of those
who will come after us.
*http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324296604578175764143141622