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and doctoral programs achieved a 4.7 percent boost over the previ- ous year, with an aggregate total of 213,000 students. Although the hiring of new graduates has declined overall as a result of the weakened economy, firms with 50 to 200 CPAs did report an increase in recruiting new accountants. Eighty percent of respondents report that their curricula cur- rently cover International Financial Reporting Standards, and 15 percent say they will add it this fall. Schools Honored for Social Responsibility Six schools were recognized this summer by the Graduate Management Admis- sion Council (GMAC) as part of its 2009 TeamMBA Awards for social responsibility: n The Zicklin School of Busi- ness at Baruch College, City University of New York, won the Service Award for Original Pro- gram. Through the Honors MBA Program Financial Literacy Project, a student-driven response to the financial crisis, MBA students edu- cate youngsters on the benefits of budgeting, credit, and risk. n Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business in Waco, Texas, won the Service Award for Collabor- ative Program. More than 30 MBA students from the school volunteer regularly as business plan mentors for inmates in a local Prison Entre- preneurship Program. n Boston University School of Management in Massachusetts took home the All-School Award. Stu- dents volunteer with such organiza- tions as Dress for Success, Adopt- A-Family, and the Greater Boston Food Bank, and engage in other activities with social responsibility and sustainability themes. n At the University of Central Florida in Orlando, the DeVos Sport Business Management Program won the Service Award for Vol- unteer Engagement. Last August, MBA students contributed more than 1,100 hours toward rebuilding homes in the New Orleans area. n Mississippi State University's College of Business won the Service Award for Philanthropy. Five groups of MBA students in a strategic mar- keting management class baked, marketed, and sold cookies in the "Bulldog Challenge," a one-day, on-campus cookie sale. The $7,400 netted during the competition was donated to United Way. n The IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Barce- lona, Spain, won the Service Award for Educational Initiatives. The Doing Good and Doing Well Con- ference, a two-day event presented by the IESE Responsible Business Club, brought together hundreds of international business students, social entrepreneurs, industry experts, and professionals to discuss social entrepreneurship, corporate responsibility, microfinance, health- care, energy, and the environment. Created by GMAC in 2005, TeamMBA serves as a focal point for student volunteerism in business schools and is open to all graduate schools of management education. More information can be found at www.gmac.com/teammba. the importance of ethics," says Dan Himarios, dean of the UT Arlington College of Business. "We want to be sure that our students will uphold standards of integrity and honesty in their careers and be able to serve the business community with their skills, rather than exploit it." The program's December gradu- ates will be the first class to take the oath. They will join students at institutions such as Columbia School of Business in New York City and the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, where oaths and honor codes are already in place. BizEd NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009 11 UT Arlington Takes an Oath The University of Texas at Arlington has developed an ethics oath for partici- pants in its Executive MBA program. Jim Ellis, executive director of the UTA EMBA program, modeled the oath after the student-led ethics ini- tiative at Harvard University in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. But in the case of UT, the ethics oath will be man- dated for executive MBA students. "Because of the current issues on Wall Street, it's essential that future business leaders understand