Smeal College Dean Elected To AACSB Board Of Directors
Judy Olian, Dean of Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the International Association for Management Education (AACSB).
Judy Olian, Dean of Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the International Association for Management Education (AACSB).
She was elected to a three-year term and will assume her new role on July 1, 2001. Olian currently serves on the AACSB's Business Accreditation Committee. In July 2000, Olian was named Dean of Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration, and she is leading Smeal College's campaign to shape business practice for tomorrow's converging economies.
The AACSB is a not-for-profit corporation of educational institutions, corporations and other organizations devoted to the promotion and improvement of higher education in business administration and management. Organized in 1916, AACSB is the premier accrediting agency for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.
The AACSB membership consists of over 650 U.S. educational institutions, over 160 educational institutions outside the U.S. and approximately 50 business, government and nonprofit organizations. AACSB U.S. educational institutions annually award over 85 percent of all the degrees awarded in business and management education. The AACSB accredited schools annually award over 55 percent of all the degrees awarded in business and management education.
