The College's master of business administration program, part of the Graduate Management Institute, has earned accreditation by the AACSB _ the International Association for Management Education, the nation's leading accreditation organization for business schools. Accreditation lasts 10 years.
The MBA program is one of only 28 graduate-only business programs worldwide with AACSB accreditation. Others include London Business School, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Duke University, Yale University, Columbia University, and Harvard University. In the U.S., less than 30 percent of collegiate business programs are AACSB accredited.
“Beyond validating the quality and depth of the MBA program at Union, AACSB accreditation ranks us as one of the premier business programs, which will pay dividends to the program, our students and the future employers of our graduates,” said Sue Lehrman, director of Union's Graduate management Institute. “The program benefited greatly from going through the AACSB accreditation process _ a procedure that mandates a comprehensive review and analysis of each and every aspect of the program.”
In recognition of the accreditation, the MBA program will host a panel discussion titled “The Economic Future of New York's Capital Region,” on April 4, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial. Panelists are to include regional business, industry and government leaders.