Radical and Controversial

[ladygreek]

No I didn't attend FAMU, but I know that every summer I meet SBI sorors of mine who are interning at Honeywell, 3M, IBM, Medtronic, General Mills, etc. Many of them return for permanent positions and join our alumnae chapter. And I know many that did the BA/MBA program, which is awesome. Sybil Mobley is so highly respected in corporate America because of what she has done at FAMU.

The Graduate School of Business at the University from which I received my MBA was not accredited, because of the very reasons you stated. The program was and still is more real-world than theory-based and uses many adjunct faculty from the areas in which they work full-time. Ex: one of my marketing instructors was a Marketing Director at General Mills, a finance instructor was the CFO of Honeywell. Thus there are not enough PhD instructors to qualify for accreditation.

Also, you were not admitted unless you had been in the workforce at least three years. This was 25 years ago before it became common that work experience was required for B-School admission.

But not being accredited has not taken away from the quality of the program. In fact job placement has always been very high because of the course of study.