Southeastern Council (Region 3)

The Southeastern Council of Business Schools and Programs is a regional division of the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs representing colleges and universities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. The mission of the ACBSP is to establish, promote and recognize educational standards that contribute to the continuous improvement of business education and, through the process of accreditation, to recognize business schools and programs that adhere to these standards.

The ten regional councils of ACBSP have been established to promote the goals and objectives of the national Council at the local level.

The Objectives of the Southeastern Council of Business Schools and Programs, Region 3 include:

• To provide a regional forum to foster a better understanding of business education and for the exchange of ideas concerning collegiate business education programs, curriculum, and articulation among member institutions.
• To assist Region 3 member institutions in their efforts to improve their professional business schools and programs and to assist them in their efforts to attain accreditation.
• To provide ACBSP's Board of Directors with ideas and recommendations as to how the Council can better serve its membership.
• To work with the ACBSP Board of Directors, Executive Director and Staff to achieve the goals and objectives of ACBSP.
• To provide opportunity to focus on membership expansion and related services.

Scholarships

Region 3 offers four student scholarships, two for students enrolled at two-year schools and two for those at four-year institutions.  The first place scholarship award is $1,000 and the second scholarship recipient in each category will receive a $500 scholarship. Winners will be recognized at the Region 3 Fall Conference. The application deadline is April 15, 2013. For more information and requirements used, please use the following link to download the document: http://www.acbsp.org/d/do/1184. The application is available as a Word document at http://www.acbsp.org/d/do/1483. The completed application (including the essay), an official transcript, and the letter of recommendation should be sent to the Scholarship Chair after grades have been posted for the fall semester.

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Members in Region 3