Why is AACSB Accreditation Important to Students?
Schools achieving AACSB accreditation meet the highest standards worldwide demonstrating their on-going commitment to quality through continuous improvement. Accredited schools can attract more funding, higher caliber faculty, and better students. AACSB accreditation recognizes each school’s distinct mission. The nearly 600 AACSB-accredited schools around the world pursue a variety of strategic goals in teaching and research while sharing one powerful value: educational excellence based on continuous improvement and high-quality. Graduates of these schools are prepared to compete in a global economy based on a set of required learning outcomes. Source: http://www.aacsb.edu/ More about the AACSB! AACSB International was founded in 1916 and began its accreditation function with the adoption of the first standards in 1919. Additional standards for programs in accountancy were adopted in 1980. AACSB International members approved mission-linked accreditation standards and the peer review p