CBE Recognized Again by Princeton Review
- October 13, 2008
- MEDIA CONTACT: Barry Zepel, Media Relations Officer, (510) 885-3884
The College of Business and Economics at California State University, East Bay has been selected as one of the best business schools in the United States for a third consecutive year by The Princeton Review, which surveys academic programs annually.
The Princeton Review selected the Cal State East Bay college for inclusion in the 2009 edition of its book, "Best 296 Business Schools" (Random House / Princeton Review Books). The book is currently available in bookstores.
In August Cal State East Bay was cited for a fifth straight by The Princeton Review as a "Best in the West" university.
In "Best 296 Business Schools," The Princeton Review recognizes the university's business and economics college for its academics, career and placement services, student life and placement, and admissions.
With regard to the university's MBA program, The Princeton Review complimented Cal State East Bay for its "excellent assortment of specializations to choose from: 14 to be exact, including options in accounting, business economics, various computer-related areas, entrepreneurship, management, e-business, international business, computer information systems, marketing management, finance, human resources management, operations, and materials management, strategic management taxation, and supply chain management."
The Review said that students "report that the professors are great in supply chain management and use case studies that are oriented on real-life situations and say that the accounting program is superb."
The university's Career and Placement services, according to what the Review was told by students, offers individual counseling "to help students develop a personalized career plan. Proximity to Silicon Valley is also a boon to students."
"We select schools for this book based on several criteria covering three areas: our regard for their academic programs and other offerings, institutional data we collect about them and opinions of students attending the schools," said Robert Franek, vice president and publisher of the Princeton Review. "We are pleased to recommend Cal State East Bay to readers of the book and users of our Web site as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA."
"Such recognition by The Princeton Review is important external validation for this college and is a reflection of the hard work and dedication of our faculty and staff," said Terri Swartz, dean of CSUEB's College of Business and Economics. "We offer a high caliber education designed to set our graduates up to succeed in a dynamic business environment. It is wonderful to be recognized for the work we do."
"Best 296 Business Schools" has two-page profiles of the schools with write-ups on their academics, student life and admissions, plus ratings for their academics, selectivity and career placement services. The book is one of more than 200 Princeton Review books published by Random House. Further information is available online at www.PrincetonReview.com.
