NSU’s School of Business Receives Maintenance of Accreditation from AACSB International

 

Norfolk, Va.—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business recently announced that Norfolk State University has earned its maintenance of accreditation in business. NSU’s School of Business programs have been accredited since 1990. 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.

"It takes a great deal of commitment and determination to earn and maintain AACSB accreditation," said Jerry Trapnell, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. "Schools not only must meet specific standards of excellence, but their deans, faculties and staffs make a commitment to ongoing improvement to ensure that the institution will continue to deliver high quality education to students."

AACSB International accreditation assures stakeholders that business schools manage resources to achieve a vibrant and relevant mission; advance business and management knowledge through faculty scholarship; provide high-caliber teaching of quality and current curricula; cultivate meaningful interaction between students and a qualified faculty; and  produce graduates who have achieved specified learning goals.

“The AACSB's announcement of the maintenance of the business school’s accreditation is an important indicator of the quality of business programs offered at Norfolk State University,” said Gary L. Whaley, dean of NSU’s School of Business. “The maintenance of AACSB accreditation is further testimony to the quality of faculty, staff, and the student body in the School of Business.”  Whaley also wishes to thank the NSU Provost Y. T. Shah and President Carolyn W. Meyers for their continued support of the School of Business and it programs.

AACSB accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education and has been earned by less than five percent of the world's business schools. Today, there are 567 business schools in 33 countries that maintain AACSB accreditation. Similarly, 171 institutions now maintain an additional specialized AACSB accreditation for their accounting programs.

For more information about the School of Business, contact 823-8920.