AACSB International
The body that decides what a serious business school is, and has held that gate for more than a century.
Peer societies
Five societies AACSB International is read alongside.
CAEP
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
The national body that decides which teacher preparation programs meet the bar, and holds the gate on…
10 companies named
CHEA
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
The national body that recognizes the accreditors, the quality assurance layer above America's colleges
1 companies named
ACGME
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
The private body that accredits US residency and fellowship programs, defining the competencies, duty…
AM
Academy of Management
The body that decides what counts as rigorous knowledge about how organizations work, and convenes the people…
6 companies named
AACN
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
The national voice of academic nursing, founded in 1969, the body that sets the curricular standard for…
9 companies named
Who backs AI
Every company AACSB International names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg.com | Meeting sponsor | AAJA ACL AFP BF BDA +3 |
| EAB | Meeting sponsor | ASSA AACRA AACC ACOE AMA +2 |
| Cengage | Meeting sponsor | AAA NCGE NGS |
| Quinncia Inc | Meeting sponsor | NACE NCDA |
| Risepoint | Meeting sponsor | ANCC CGS |
| Turnitin | Meeting sponsor | AALIH ISTIE |
| Acuity Insights | Meeting sponsor | AAMC |
| AllCampus | Meeting sponsor | AMA |
| Coursera for Campus | Meeting sponsor | ACOE |
| PebblePad | Meeting sponsor | CAEP |
| QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited | Meeting sponsor | NAIE |
| Eduvantis | Meeting sponsor | Only AACSB International, so far |
| Marketplace Simulations | Meeting sponsor | Only AACSB International, so far |
| OES Learning Solutions | Meeting sponsor | Only AACSB International, so far |
| Peregrine Global Services | Meeting sponsor | Only AACSB International, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
2026 Deans Conference sponsors. Read September 28, 2026. Deans Conference (Orlando, October 2026) sponsors only; universities, business schools and nonprofits omitted.
Who backs AACSB International's peers, but not AACSB International
Companies named publicly by at least one of AACSB International's five peer societies, and not found in AACSB International's reviewed public records.
| Company | CAEP | CHEA | AM | AACN | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 Tutoring | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Benchworks by Elentra | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Breakout Learning | A La Carte | 1 of 4 | |||
| Certiphi Screening, Inc. | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Credamo | Gold | 1 of 4 | |||
| Elsevier | A La Carte | 1 of 4 | |||
| ETS/Praxis | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Hurst Review Services | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Liaison International | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Lumivero | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| MonsoonSIM | A La Carte | 1 of 4 | |||
| New Media News TV | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| NurseThink | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Passage Preparation | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Pearson | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| PeopleGrove / CORE | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| SchoolSims | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Scrubin Uniforms | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Taylor & Francis | A La Carte | 1 of 4 | |||
| Uniform Advantage | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Vizient | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Vosaic | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Watermark | Named | 1 of 4 | |||
| Weave Education | Platinum Sponsor | 1 of 4 | |||
| Wiley | A La Carte | 1 of 4 |
The outside view
The body that decides what a serious business school is, and has held that gate for more than a century.
- Authority
- Preserve
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Citadel
Led from the center, built to endure.
The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.
Also reads toward The Guild and The Legacy.
Strengths
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