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James Ellis | Moderator | Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (2007-2019)

David Ikenberry | Moderator | Dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado-Boulder (2011-2016)

Ken Kring | Moderator | Co-Managing Director, Global Education Practice and Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry

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EPISODE 09: Caryn Beck-Dudley (AACSB International) on Shifting Expectations for Business Schools

On this episode of Deans Counsel, moderators Jim Ellis and Ken Kring speak with Caryn Beck Dudley, CEO of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). 

A former attorney in commercial and corporate law, Caryn entered the academic world and went on to become Dean at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, the College of Business at Florida State University, and then the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, before moving into the roll of CEO and President of AACSB in 2020.

In her conversation with Jim and Ken, Caryn addresses a wide range of subjects including:

• How AACSB provides value to business schools

• Leading the organization through a time of fiscal and strategic stress 

• How AACSB supports schools' transformations into more comprehensive paradigms 

• AACSB’s shift toward measuring “societal impact” 

• Trends in teaching expectations in the modern era and the business school’s value-add 

• Improving the accreditation process and the value of the information 

• How to best take advantage of AACSB’s services 

Learn more about Cary L. Beck-Dudley: https://www.aacsb.edu/about-us/get-to-know-us/leadership/caryn-beck-dudley

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