South Carolina State University April 2, 2015 SC State School of Business Maintains Prestigious AACSB Accreditation The School of Business at South Carolina State University has maintained its business accreditation by AACSB International-The Association to 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 five percent of the world's business programs. Today, there are 727 business schools in 48 countries and territories that maintain AACSB accreditation. Similarly, 182 institutions maintain an additional specialized AACSB accreditation for their accounting programs. The most recent information is available at www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/accreditedmembers.asp<http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/accreditedmembers.asp>. "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." South Carolina State is one of 11 schools in South Carolina and the only Historically Black University in the state to attain this prestigious accreditation. The School of Business was initially accredited in 2001. Programs accredited include five undergraduate programs in accounting, agribusiness, business economics, management and marketing and an MBA program with tracks in a general MBA, entrepreneurship and agribusiness. "The maintenance of AACSB accreditation is the highest level of recognition that any business school can attain. We are committed to maintaining quality instruction, an exceptional learning environment and distinguished programs such as our Executive Speaker Series," said Dr. Barbara Adams, interim dean of the School of Business. "The School of Business maintains our flagship programs. We are very proud of the accomplishments of the faculty, students and staff in the School of Business," said Dr. W. Franklin Evans, acting president. "It is those programs and others that make South Carolina State University a valuable resource for the community and the state," added Evans. Visit the South Carolina State University School of Business<http://www.scsu.edu/academics/schoolofbusiness.aspx> for more information, or to learn more about AACSB International accreditation, visit the accreditation section<http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/> of its website. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.