Penn State Great Valley earns top business school accreditation
January 6, 2006Penn State Great Valley earns top business school accreditation
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
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Malvern, Pa. — Penn State Great Valley’s master’s degree programs in business administration and leadership recently earned accreditation from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), effective Dec. 19. Founded in 1916, AACSB is the premier accrediting organization for educational programs in business administration. Only 15 percent of business schools worldwide — including four campuses at Penn State — have achieved this level of excellence.
To become accredited, business programs must meet a wide range of quality standards relating to strategic management of resources, interactions of faculty and students in the educational process, and achievement of learning goals in degree programs. During the multi-year process, Penn State Great Valley was visited and evaluated by business school deans with detailed knowledge of management education, applying accreditation standards that are widely accepted in the educational community.
“Penn State Great Valley has been meeting the educational needs of working adults in Greater Philadelphia for four decades,” said Diane Disney, chancellor of the campus. “We are indeed gratified that the quality of that education has been officially recognized.”
Penn State will be holding an open house for prospective students on its Great Valley campus from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5.
