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Tampa, FL, USA (April 11, 2012)—AACSB International announced today that 56 schools have maintained their accreditation in business, and 24 have maintained their accreditation in 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 programs. Today, there are 649 business schools across 43 countries and territories that maintain AACSB Accreditation. Similarly, 178 institutions maintain an additional specialized AACSB Accreditation for their accounting programs.
"AACSB commends each institution for their exemplary work in maintaining the highest honor in business school accreditation," said Jerry Trapnell, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. "Schools must not only meet specific standards of excellence, but their deans, heads of business units, and academic and non-academic staff must make a commitment to ongoing 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 the AACSB Accreditation Standards which require a high-quality teaching environment, a commitment to continuous improvement, and curricula responsive to the needs of businesses. In addition, as required by the AACSB standards, all accredited schools must go through a peer review process every five years in order to maintain their accreditation.
To realize accounting accreditation, an institution must first earn AACSB business accreditation. Accounting accreditation requires the satisfaction of an additional set of accreditation standards that are specific to its discipline and the profession.
As ratified by the Board of Directors of AACSB International, the following schools maintain their accreditation in business and/or accounting:
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Aalto University
Auburn University
Belmont University
Boise State University
Boston University
Brigham Young University
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Sacramento
Drake University
Emporia State University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fayetteville State University
INCAE
Indiana University Southeast
Indiana University, Bloomington/Indianapolis
Lehigh University
Long Island University—C.W. Post Campus
Maastricht University
Middle Tennessee State University
North Dakota State University
North Georgia College & State University
Northern Kentucky University
Pacific Lutheran University
Queens University of Charlotte
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rider University
Sacred Heart University
Santa Clara University
Sejong University
Shenandoah University
Simon Fraser University
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Southern Methodist University
State University of New York College at Geneseo
Tennessee Technological University
Texas Southern University
The American University in Cairo
The University of Manchester
The University of Mississippi
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at San Antonio
The University of Texas—Pan American
Tilburg University
Tsinghua University
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
University of California, Berkeley
University of Miami
University of Missouri
University of New Orleans
University of Oregon
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina Upstate
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
University of Wisconsin—Madison
Valdosta State University
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
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About AACSB International
AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), founded in 1916, is an association of more than 1,300 educational institutions, businesses, and other organizations in 83 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.
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