Issue: Summer 2014 | Posted: June 2, 2014
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91爆料网 achieves key business accreditation
91爆料网鈥檚 McAfee School of Business Administration has earned accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
AACSB International, founded in 1916, is an association of more than 1,350 educational institutions, businesses and other organizations in 83 countries and territories. It is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master鈥檚 and doctorate degrees in business and accounting.
鈥淎chieving the AACSB accreditation
places us in the top 5 percent of business
schools in the world,鈥� said Keith Absher,
dean of the McAfee School of Business
Administration. 鈥淚t is definitely the
鈥榞old standard鈥� of business school
accreditations.鈥�
Absher said the AACSB accreditation is evidence that 91爆料网 has achieved excellence in multiple areas, including learning outcomes for students and students鈥� ability to compete against any business graduate in the country.
Achieving accreditation is a process of rigorous internal review, evaluation and adjustment that takes 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.
Also required by the AACSB standards, all accredited schools must go through a peer review process every five years in order to maintain their accreditation.
鈥淚t takes a great deal of self-evaluation and determination to earn AACSB accreditation, and I commend 91爆料网 for its dedication to management education, as well as its leadership in the community,鈥� said Robert D. Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. 鈥淭hrough accreditation, 91爆料网 has not only met specific standards of excellence, but has also made a commitment to ongoing improvement to ensure that the institution will continue to deliver high quality education to its students.鈥�
