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Eighty-five Business Schools Extend Their AACSB Accreditation in
Business or Accounting
TAMPA, Fla., April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AACSB
International announced today that 85 business schools have extended
their accreditation in business and/or accounting. Founded in 1916,
AACSB International (AACSB) is the longest serving global accrediting
body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's, and
doctorate degrees in business and accounting.
AACSB Accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business
education, and has been earned by less than five percent of the
world's business schools. Today, there are 694 business schools in 45
countries and territories that have earned AACSB Accreditation.
Similarly, 181 institutions hold an additional specialized AACSB
Accreditation for their accounting programs.
"AACSB commends each institution for their exemplary work in holding
the highest honor in business school accreditation," said Robert D.
Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of
AACSB International. "Business schools must not only meet specific
standards of excellence, but their deans, faculty, and professional
staff must make a commitment to ongoing continuous improvement to
ensure that the institution will continue to deliver the highest
quality of education to students."
Achieving accreditation is a process of rigorous internal review,
evaluation, and adjustment and can take several years to complete.
During these years, the school develops and implements a plan to meet
AACSB's Accreditation standards, which require a high quality teaching
environment, innovative programming, and active engagement with
industry. In addition, as required by the AACSB Standards, all
accredited schools must go through a continuous improvement peer
review process every five years in order to retain their
accreditation.
To realize accounting accreditation, an institution must first earn
AACSB business accreditation. Then, in addition to developing and
implementing a mission-driven plan to satisfy the business
accreditation quality standards, accounting accreditation requires the
satisfaction of an additional set of standards that are specific to
the discipline and profession of accounting.
As ratified by the Board of Directors of AACSB International, the
following schools have extended their accreditation in business and/or
accounting:
Schools Extending Their Business Accreditation Abilene Christian
University (United States) Adelphi University (United States) Alfred
University (United States) American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
Arizona State University (United States) Auburn University at
Montgomery (United States) Butler University (United States)
California State University, Fresno (United States) California State
University, Fullerton (United States) California State University,
Long Beach (United States) California State University, San Bernardino
(United States) Chapman University (United States) Claremont Graduate
University (United States) Clarion University of Pennsylvania (United
States) Colorado State University-Pueblo (United States) Columbus
State University (United States) Durham University (United Kingdom)
EDHEC Business School, Lille and Nice (France) Elon University (United
States) Florida Atlantic University (United States) Florida State
University (United States) Fordham University (United States)
Georgetown University (United States) HHL Leipzig Graduate School of
Management (Germany) Howard University (United States) IMD
(Switzerland) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST) (South Korea) Le Moyne College (United States) Loyola
Marymount University (United States) Manhattan College (United States)
Morehead State University (United States) New York University (United
States) Northeastern University (United States) Northern Arizona
University (United States) Northern Illinois University (United
States) Ohio University (United States) Oklahoma State University
(United States) Pittsburg State University (United States) Robert
Morris University (United States) Rutgers-The State University of New
Jersey-Newark/New Brunswick (United States) Saint Mary's University
(Canada) Simmons College (United States) St. John's University (United
States) State University of New York College at Brockport (United
States) Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea) Tel Aviv University
(Israel) Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (United States) Texas
Tech University (United States) The Chinese University of Hong Kong
(China) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (China) The
Ohio State University (United States) The Pennsylvania State
University (United States) The University of Iowa (United States) The
University of North Carolina at Asheville (United States) Toulouse
Business School - Groupe ESC Toulouse (France) Tulane University
(United States) United Arab Emirates University (UAE) University of
Arkansas at Little Rock (United States) University of Dayton (United
States) University of Detroit Mercy (United States) University of
Dubai (UAE) University of Florida (United States) University of
Houston-Downtown (United States) University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (United States) University of Massachusetts Lowell
(United States) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (United States)
University of Nevada, Reno (United States) University of Notre Dame
(United States) University of Rochester (United States) University of
San Diego (United States) University of South Florida,
Sarasota-Manatee (United States) University of Southern Indiana
(United States) University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom) University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga (United States) University of
Virginia-Darden (United States) University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
(United States) Vlerick Business School (Belgium) Washington State
University (United States) Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) Yonsei
University (South Korea)
Schools Extending Their Accounting Accreditation Arizona State
University (United States) Auburn University Montgomery (United
States) Bowling Green State University (United States) California
State University, Fullerton (United States) Florida State University
(United States) Northern Illinois University (United States) Ohio
University (United States) Oklahoma State University (United States)
St. John's University (United States) Texas A&M University-Corpus
Christi (United States) Texas Christian University (United States) The
Chinese University of Hong Kong (China) The George Washington
University (United States) The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (China) The Ohio State University (United States) The
University of Iowa (United States) Truman State University (United
States) United Arab Emirates University (UAE) University of Dayton
(United States) University of Florida (United States) University of
Illinois at Chicago (United States) University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (United States) University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(United States) University of Nevada, Reno (United States) University
of Notre Dame (United States) University of San Diego (United States)
University of Southern Indiana (United States) University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga (United States) Washington State University (United
States)
About AACSB International AACSB International (The Association to
Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), founded in 1916, is an
association of more than 1,400 educational institutions, businesses,
and other organizations in 87 countries and territories. AACSB's
mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through
accreditation, thought leadership, and value-added services. As the
premier accreditation body for institutions offering undergraduate,
master's, and doctorate degrees in business and accounting, the
association also conducts a wide array of conferences and seminar
programs at locations throughout the world. AACSB's global
headquarters is located in Tampa, Florida, USA and its Asia Pacific
headquarters is located in Singapore.For more information, please
visit: www.aacsb.edu.
SOURCE The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
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