A world first at UNI's Wilson College of Business
After decades of maintaining accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, the Wilson College of Business at the University of Northern Iowa can now add AACSB’s supplemental accounting accreditation to its impressive resume. Wilson is the first business school in the world to undergo an accelerated path toward this accreditation and one of fewer than 200 schools globally to hold this prestigious honor, making it a top choice for students with an accounting major.
“For students, it's really about a signal of quality,” said Joseph Ugrin, professor and head of the Department of Accounting. “Employers understand the impact of accreditation and standards and benchmarks in their own businesses, but they also look for that in the places where they spend their recruiting dollars. They're going to select schools where they can expect a high quality of graduates.”
“AACSB is an organization that helps us focus on continuous improvement. It provides a stamp of quality, assuring the public we are achieving certain expectations,” said Leslie Wilson, dean of the Wilson College of Business. “When they come back and review us, they expect continuous improvement. They expect responsiveness to what is going on in the external world. They expect we are meeting the demands of employers. They expect that we are delivering upon our mission.”
