Contact: David West
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

3/13/98

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES - Dr. Barry Smiley, dean of the College of Business at Northwestern State University, recently participated in a forum at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Business Deans Association.

The forum, "Experience of Gaining Initial Accreditation," was part of a forum on American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation. AACSB is the primary accrediting agency and service organization for business schools in the United States. Approximately 1,200 colleges and universities in the United States offer undergraduate business degrees, but only 335, including Northwestern, are accredited by the AACSB.

"Through the commitment of faculty and the administration, a program can achieve the high expectations of accrediting agencies," said Smiley. "It's a rocky process at times, but is worth it at the end."

Smiley said the session was designed to give guidance to business deans at programs within the region who plan to seek AACSB accreditation.

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