Kent State makes list of best business schools

Staff report

Kent

The Princeton Review, a publication of college rankings based on how students rate their schools, recognized Kent State University’s College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management as one of the top 300 outstanding educational institutions for business students.

The 2011 edition of the Princeton Review, titled “The Best 300 Business Schools,” was released in October and is available in stores nationwide. The publication created the list based on surveys of 19,000 students attending the 300 business schools. The publication does not rank the schools in a hierarchy, and there is no single school that is best overall.

Yank Heisler, dean of the Kent State College of Business Administration, said the faculty and staff work hard to provide an excellent education that will help distinguish students from others in the work force.

“We added a required soft-skills course that focuses around writing r sum s, public speaking and dining etiquette,” Heisler said.

Heisler said faculty and staff are excited about the recognition but know there is also an opportunity for even greater success.

“We believe our MBA program can be even better, and we hope our graduate program continues to grow and is received in the business community as an excellent program,” Heisler said.

This designation adds to the list of recent KSU awards. Earlier this fall, Kent was recognized by Times Higher Education, a higher-education magazine based in London, as one of the top 200 universities in the world in its 2010-2011 World University Rankings.

The university was also listed in the September issue of U.S. News and World Report as one of the best national universities. Kent State is ranked as the second-largest public university in the state of Ohio. Fall semester enrollment figures were the highest recorded in the university’s 100-year history.

For more information about the top 300 list, visit www.princetonreview.com/business-school-rankings.aspx.