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THE GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION CALLS ON ALL SCHOOLS, MANAGEMENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL EFFORTS TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION. making autonomy of many schools is limited by institutional or govern- mental control. In addition, other factors—such as set funding formu- las and a preoccupation with media rankings—give business schools little incentive to change in response to the evolving needs of business. While these five challenges are converging in a way that requires urgent attention, GFME doesn't believe management education is fac- ing a "perfect storm"—or that the challenges are insurmountable. If business schools are going to navigate the difficult terrain ahead successfully, GFME recommends that they: n advocate for quality assurance both globally and locally. n engage business leaders in envi- sioning future needs for business and society. n invest in doctoral degree educa- tion and other infrastructure. n create an international clear- inghouse of data related to manage- ment education. n facilitate multilateral collabora- tion among business schools. Ultimately, GFME calls on all schools, management education associations, businesses, and govern- ments around the world to partici- pate in global efforts to shape the future of management education. After all, they argue, an investment in management education is an investment in the future of business. The complete report is available for download at www.gfme.org. South Carolina Deans Form Alliance The business deans representing South Carolina's 11 public university baccalaureate and graduate business degree programs have founded the South Carolina Business Deans Group. Their goal is to foster coop- eration among members to improve scholarship, education quality, and student access; they also will focus on issues arising out of AACSB accreditation. The newly elected chairperson is Henry Lowenstein, dean of the Wall Col- lege of Business Administration at Coastal Carolina University. Vice chair is Robert Pitts, dean of the School of Business and Economics at the College of Charleston, and the new vice president/secretary is Robert Barrett, dean of the College of Business and Applied Professional Sciences at South Carolina State University. Other founding members are Ron Green of the School of Business Administration at The Citadel; Claude Lilly of the College of Business and Behavioral Science at Clemson University; Barry O'Brian of the School of Business at Francis Marion University; Royce Caines of the College of Busi- ness and Public Affairs at Lander University; Hildy Teegan of the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina-Columbia; Ralph Byington of the School of Business Administration at the University of South Carolina-Aiken; Darrell Parker of the School of Business Administration and Economics at the University of South Carolina-Upstate; and Roger Weikle of the College of Business Administration at Winthrop University. Entrepreneurial Professors Honored Twenty-seven professors from across the U.S. have been named 2008 Excel- lence in Entrepreneurship Education Award Honorees by the nonprofit Acton Foundation for Entrepreneur- ial Excellence. Honorees are initially nominated by students and then judged by a panel of master entrepreneurship teachers at the Acton School of Business in Aus- tin, Texas. Award recipients were invited to bring one of their top entrepre- neurship students to the ceremony in Aus- tin. More information about the program can be found at ActonMBA.org Winners of the 2008 Acton awards are Mark Abramovic, Saint Vincent College; Raman Chadha, DePaul University; Hugh Garnett, Austin College; Pamela Winer Gold- berg, Tufts University; Bill Grant, University of California Santa Bar- bara; Elissa Grossman, Baruch Col- lege; Brad Hancock, Texas Christian University; Keith Hmieleski, Texas Christian University; Bradley K. Hobbs, Florida Gulf Coast Univer- sity; D. Holmes, University of Okla- homa; Jamaluddin Husain, Purdue University Calumet; Steven A. Ives, University of Oklahoma; Peter Iver Kaufman, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; W. Fred Kiesner, Loyola Marymount Univer- sity; Anita Leffel, University of Texas at San Antonio; Leslie Lee Manzer, Oklahoma State University; Paul Marsnik, College of St. Benedict/ BizEd MAY/JUNE 2008 9