In November Babson College was accredited by EQUIS. At this writing only three colleges in the United States have been accredited by them and only Babson earned a five year accreditation. The complete list of EQUIS accredited colleges can be found here. (Thanks to Dean Ansari for posting the details and link to the list.)
Babson College is accredited by two other organizations: The New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Babson Institute's undergraduate program was first accredited by the NEASC in 1950. The rules of the AACSB (known then as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business) required that accredited schools be independant schools attached to universities. When the rule was changed to allow free-standing colleges of business to be considered for accreditation Babson's programs were accrediated.
AACSB first acccredited Babson College's undergraduate program in 1980 and the graduate program in 1981.
R. C. (Rip) Rybnikar
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