April 27, 2020
College of Business maintains AACSB accreditation
Paul Schwager, dean
East Carolina University’s College of Business has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International — the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Paul Schwager, dean of the College of Business, received confirmation of the accreditation extension April 13, 2020.
“I want to thank (former) Dean Stan Eakins and our accreditation team for leading the charge in helping the College of Business maintain its accreditation,” said Schwager. “Our continued focus on leadership, investment in the entrepreneurship curriculum, and commitment to assurance of learning are, what I believe, some of the main reasons we’re celebrating this accomplishment.”
Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. For more than a century, AACSB accreditation has been synonymous with the highest standards in business education and has been earned by only 5% of the world’s schools offering business degrees at the bachelor’s level or higher. Today, 874 institutions across 56 countries and territories have earned AACSB accreditation, while 190 institutions hold supplemental AACSB accreditation for their accounting programs.
A business program must undergo a rigorous review every five years to maintain accreditation. The program must demonstrate its continued commitment to standards relating to faculty qualification, strategic management of resources, interactions of faculty and students, commitment to continuous improvement, and achievement of learning goals in degree programs.
To learn more about AACSB International accreditation, visit http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/.