Von Allmen School Maintains Prestigious Accreditation

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 20, 2012) — The Gatton College of Business and Economics' Von Allmen School of Accountancy at the University of Kentucky has maintained its accounting accreditation by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.  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.

AACSB accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business and accounting education, and has been earned by less than 5 percent of the world's business programs. Today, there are more than 650 business schools in 45 countries and territories that maintain AACSB accreditation. Similarly, 178 institutions maintain an additional specialized AACSB Accreditation for their accounting programs.

“It takes a great deal of commitment and determination to earn and maintain AACSB accounting accreditation,” said Robert D. Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. “Business schools must not only meet specific standards of excellence, but their deans, faculty and professional staff must make a commitment to ongoing continuous improvement to ensure that the institution will continue to deliver the highest quality of education to students.”

For more than 80 years, the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics has been preparing graduates for today’s business world. The college houses bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs within five academic units: Finance & Quantitative Methods; Management; Marketing & Supply Chain; Economics; and the Von Allmen School of Accountancy.  A member of the AACSB International, Gatton College has been accredited since 1926 to offer undergraduate and graduate programs in the business disciplines and since 1988 for undergraduate and graduate accounting programs.

"We are delighted with this continued recognition of excellence from the AACSB for the Von Allmen school," said David Blackwell, dean of the Gatton College.  "Our faculty and staff are dedicated to our students and their success.  And the graduates from our Von Allmen program make us proud every day with their accomplishments and high level of professionalism."

To learn more about Gatton College of Business & Economics at the University of Kentucky, visit http://gatton.uky.edu.  Or to learn more about AACSB International accreditation, visit the accreditation section of the AACSB International Web site at: http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/.

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