As discussed in AACSB's most recent Business Education and Research Blog accreditation serves many purposes for business schools, including quality assurance for themselves and their stakeholders, marketing advantages, and the ability to benchmark and network with their peers. While most nations have some form of basic quality assurance agency or agencies that are required to oversee higher education institutions, voluntary management education-specific accreditation by non-governmental, international accrediting bodies has grown increasingly popular as a marker of distinction by business schools the world over. [More]#Article-News/Media #Globalization #Accreditation