AACSB extends top-level accreditation for FIU Business and School of Accounting

AACSB extends top-level accreditation for FIU Business and School of Accounting.

FIU Business and its School of Accounting have been reaccredited for a standard five-year extension by AACSB International, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. FIU Business is part of an elite group of universities that hold a specialized AACSB accreditation for their accounting programs. The extension of accreditation covers FIU Business’ undergraduate, masters, […]

FIU Business welcomes CUIBE, AACSB leaders for dialogue on next steps in business education.

FIU Business welcomes CUIBE, AACSB leaders for dialogue on next steps in business education.

When leaders in international business education meet, the promise of progress is in the air. Ideas are exchanged, best practices are advanced, and students throughout the world stand to benefit. FIU Business facilitated such a gathering of leaders and members of two prominent academic organizations: AACSB, the international accreditation agency for business schools, and CUIBE, […]

Honor students have “eye-opening” experience at Memphis leadership forum.

With just weeks until his college graduation, the time was ideal for finance major Alejandro J. Medina to contemplate his future. Happily, Medina was one of two students from Beta Gamma Sigma, the student honor society in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), selected to attend the organization’s National Student Leadership […]

FIU Business and MIT Sloan aim innovative marketing strategies at specific student demographics.

“Targeting the Market,” an article showcasing the award-winning Uncommon Thinkers branding campaign for the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) appears in the May/June 2010 issue of BizEd. This prestigious bi-monthly magazine, published by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), is read by members and partners in 76 countries […]

FIU #12 in undergraduate international business in U.S.News 2010 rankings.

Since 2005, U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” has ranked undergraduate international business programs in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU) among the 15 best in the nation, three times in the top 10. In 2010, this specialty within the college’s programs ranked #12 and was the only program in […]

Community benefits from recent reaffirmation of College of Business Administration’s AACSB-International accreditation.

After years of hard work on the part of faculty, staff, and administrators to strengthen the quality of the business school, and after months of preparing complex, in-depth reports, the College of Business Administration hosted an AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—peer review team from January 27-29, 2008. The reviewers’ task: to […]

NSHMBA Fair gets high marks.

From left: Robert Garcia, director, Executive and Professional Education; Harold Sinnott, vice president, Citigroup Global Transaction Services (GTS) and human resources head, Latin América; Maria José Monti, director, GTS regional client manager, Latin América; Juan Pablo Trigo, managing director, GTS business manager, Central América; and José de la Torre, dean of the Chapman School The […]

College of Business Administration makes strong showing in BusinessWeek rankings.

The second annual ranking of the country’s best undergraduate business schools as evaluated by BusinessWeek brought great news to the College of Business Administration. The school ranked in the top 5 percent among the 1,400 business schools in the nation and among the top 20 percent of those accredited by AACSB International—the Association to Advance […]

Alumni Circle launches survey to assess readiness of undergraduate business students as observed by recruiters.

The college’s Alumni Circle has been working during the last few months to develop a survey that will ask recruiters to evaluate the “business readiness” of the college’s undergraduate students. The Circle was given this project by Executive Dean Joyce J. Elam and Associate Dean Clifford Perry in order to complement the college’s Assurance of […]