LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 20, 2012) — The Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University’s School of Business recently were re-accredited by AACSB International — the Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
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.
AACSB accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education, and has been earned by less than 5 percent of the world’s business programs. Today, there are more than 650 business schools in 45 countries and territories that maintain AACSB Accreditation. Similarly, 178 institutions maintain an additional specialized AACSB Accreditation for their accounting programs.
“It takes a great deal of commitment and determination to earn and maintain AACSB accreditation,” said Robert D. Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. “Business schools must not only meet specific standards of excellence, but their deans, faculty and professional staff must make a commitment to ongoing continuous improvement to ensure that the institution will continue to deliver the highest quality of education to students.”
To learn more about UK’s Gatton College of Business & Economics at the University of Kentucky, visit gatton.uky.edu. Click here to learn more about EKU’s School of Business.
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