POUGHKEEPSIE (May 4, 2017) – Marist College’s School of Management recently had its accreditation extended by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the oldest and most prestigious global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.

“Marist’s continued accreditation by AACSB is the result of the great work being done by the faculty and staff of the School of Management under the leadership of Dean Lawrence Singleton, as well as the demonstrable success of our business students,” said President David Yellen. “I congratulate them all on this important achievement.”

AACSB Accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education and has been earned by less than 5 percent of the world's business schools. Today, there are 786 business schools in 53 countries and territories that have earned AACSB Accreditation.

“During the extensive peer-review process leading up to this good news, Marist students, faculty, and staff demonstrated our institution’s alignment with AACSB’s global accreditation standards,” said Thom Wermuth, Vice President for Academic Affairs, “and they clearly showed how we encourage engagement, innovation, and impact across our college community.”

Achieving accreditation is a process of rigorous internal review, engagement with an AACSB-assigned mentor, and peer review. During this multi-year continuous improvement review process, schools focus on developing and implementing a plan to align with AACSB’s accreditation standards. These standards require excellence in areas relating to strategic management and innovation; student, faculty, and staff as active participants; learning and teaching; and academic and professional engagement.

“I want to thank everyone at Marist who helped support this demanding process,” said Dean Singleton, “but especially the School of Management faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends, who work to continuously improve the quality of our school. They should be proud of this important accomplishment as it is important evidence that we are delivering on our collective mission to educate ‘people of integrity with the managerial expertise, vision, pragmatism and ethical sensibility to succeed professionally and personally.’”

In addition to its AACSB Accreditation, the School of Management’s other distinctions include being named a “Best Undergrad B-School” by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, a Princeton Review “Best Business School” and a “Best Bachelor’s Program” by Accounting.com.

About the School of Management

Under the leadership of Dean Lawrence G. Singleton, the School of Management enrolls approximately 1,350 undergraduate and 400 graduate students in accounting, business, economics, and public administration programs. Its faculty members are accomplished teacher-scholars with outstanding academic credentials, who work in tandem to ensure students are successful in all aspects of college life. The school’s distinguished alumni are a highly engaged group, helping connect students with internship and career opportunities, serving on the Dean’s Board of Advisors, and hosting site visits at their companies during our annual New York City Career Trek. Alumni and other leaders from the business world are regularly on campus, making presentations and networking with students.

About AACSB

As the world’s largest business education alliance, AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) connects educators, students, and business to achieve a common goal: to create the next generation of great leaders. Synonymous with the highest standards of excellence since 1916, AACSB provides quality assurance, business education intelligence, and professional development services to over 1,500 member organizations and more than 785 accredited business schools worldwide. With its global headquarters in Tampa, Florida, USA; Europe, Middle East, and Africa headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore, AACSB’s mission is to foster engagement, accelerate innovation, and amplify impact in business education.