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T world as its stage. As new business schools take form, as international alliances between schools on separate continents become commonplace, and as cultural awareness becomes the watchword of every classroom, management education is flourishing as never before. As the new AACSB International board chairman, I'm pleased to report that, like business schools, brand to schools around the world. We're broadening our perspectives and revising our U.S.-centric mod- els of education. We're creating ways for far-flung management educators to join together; and we're shar- ing, capturing, and disseminating information that will strengthen the programs of all our members. this organization has made globalization a cornerstone of its operations. In fact, it seems to me that the leadership and vision of AACSB have become key components in the growth and development of man- agement education worldwide. We're creating global standards of accreditation and exporting our Two guiding statements will be among those driving our planning and execution of future initiatives: ■ AACSB International accreditation will stimulate continuous improvement in global management education and will assure quality management education to prospective students, employers, university he world of management education has never been more exciting, diverse, and full of pos- sibilities than it is right now, partly because management education has taken the whole agement education provided by business schools, through distinctive value-added accreditation, related consulting, professional development, and information services. Global Expansion In the 1990s, AACSB International began its journey toward globalization. In this post-9/11 era, I believe that it is more important than ever that we accelerate our efforts to inter- nationalize. Though we are early in the process, I have seen great strides in three key areas. Staff and services: Our International Advisory Council has administrators, and other stakeholders. ■AACSB International will be recognized as the preeminent global brand in the development of man- been ongoing since December 2000. More recently, we have established the Global Development Team, a working group of staff members who will facilitate global integration and coordination among AACSB staff, products, services, and activities. Otis W. Baskin has been appointed as a special advisor to expand AACSB International's global planning and accredita- tion efforts. Baskin, currently professor of management at the George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, has an extensive background in inter- national education. As a dean, he helped develop more than 20 strategic partnerships with business schools in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Our board of directors, major committees, and peer- review teams increasingly reflect our international member- ship. Since we have initiated worldwide peer review activi- ties, more than 85 member institutions outside the U.S. have participated or are now participating. Our fastest- growing membership segment is from the international community. Our ranks now include 200 members from out- side the U.S. BizEd SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2002 47