Why start the CFA Program Partner initiative?
From the viewpoint of academic institutions: For several years, numerous colleges and universities around the world have embedded all or part of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) into their degree programs. Until this program was announced, there had been no formal recognition of such efforts, nor was there any verification made to any claims to that effect. The CFA Program Partner initiative establishes specific criteria and gives colleges and universities public recognition by CFA Institute that these degree programs are consistent with the CFA Program and provide students with a solid grounding in the CBOK. In surveys of academics from potential partner institutions, public recognition that their program has been reviewed and approved by a practitioner organization was cited as the most important benefit. From the viewpoint of CFA Institute: We often find that CFA candidates underestimate the effort needed to be successful in the CFA Program. Fewer than one in five
