Sandra Steele, Educational Consultant

Belhaven School of Business Receives Specialized Accreditation from International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education

JACKSON, Miss. – The Belhaven College School of Business has received specialized accreditation of its business degrees from the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), it was recently announced at the organization’s annual conference in Orlando, Florida. Belhaven joins a growing list of nearly 200 IACBE member institutions worldwide.

“Receiving accreditation through IACBE is a great benefit to both our faculty and students,” said Dr. Chip Mason, dean of the Belhaven School of Business. “It recognizes our efforts to continually improve the quality of business education at Belhaven College. We have also become part of a global community which comprises of over two hundred institutions of higher learning from forty one states and eleven foreign countries who share a common commitment to excellence in Business education throughout the world.”

The accreditation certificate, presented by the IACBE Board of Commissioners, recognizes the achievement of quality in the academic business programs. Each program is measured by effectively accomplishing the school’s mission and broad-based goals, the effectiveness of student learning that takes place, as well as the operational effectiveness of the business unit.

“Accreditation is recognition that an educational institution’s academic performance is excellent,” noted Dr. John L. Green, Jr., IACBE’s president. “IACBE is especially interested in the outcomes assessment of education that takes place annually within the academic business unit. The accreditation process is one means of making certain graduate are well-equipped to join the business world.”

Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education is an internationally recognized, prominent accrediting body for business and business-related degree programs in four-year and graduate level institutions.