FIU’s College of Business selected top 15 schools by The Princeton Review’s “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools”

MIAMI (April 7, 2009) — Florida International University’s College of Business Administration is one of 15 schools named to The Princeton Review’s “Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools” in the operations category, one of six categories showcased. The list will be published in the April 2009 issue of Entrepreneur, the nation’s leading publication for and about entrepreneurs.

The business schools are listed in alphabetical order and, in addition to appearing in the magazine, the lists are also posted at www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges and www.princetonreview.com/studentOpinionHonors.aspx.

Operations management deals with the production and distribution of goods and services. Operations managers oversee the management of resources, the efficiency of business operations, and the quality of products and services.

The Princeton Review used data from its national survey of 19,000 MBA students attending 296 business schools profiled in its book, Best 296 Business Schools: 2009 Edition. The 80-question survey asked students to report on classroom and campus experiences at their schools and rate their MBA programs in several areas. The Princeton Review tallied the “Student Opinion Honors” lists based on students’ assessments of how well they felt their business school courses had prepared them to succeed in each of the six areas.  FIU is one of the 15 schools selected in the operations category.

“We salute the business schools on these lists for the outstanding job they are doing both academically and professionally in preparing their students to apply their MBA training beyond the classroom to successful job searches and productive careers, said Robert Franek, vice president-publisher, The Princeton Review. “We know this will be particularly meaningful to applicants and MBA grads in these challenging economic times.”

According to Amy Cooper, Entrepreneur‘s vice president/editor in chief, “Entrepreneurs have to become experts in virtually every area of business management, As a result, many may find business schools to be the right fit for their needs as a holistic means of learning how to build their companies. With the “Student Opinion Honors” in Entrepreneur, they can get a good sense of what their experiences may include from students themselves, which will help readers in the overall school evaluation process.”

Media Contact: Luis Casas at 305-348-7399.

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About FIU’s College of Business Administration
Florida International University’s College of Business Administration, South Florida’s leading business school with unique expertise in international business, entrepreneurship, and a broad range of financial services, is the largest of the university’s professional schools. Among the college’s nearly 30,000 alumni are some of South Florida’s most successful business leaders and entrepreneurs. More than 6,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate business courses in its R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business, and more than 1,000 graduate students study in its Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate School of Business every year. Another 1,000 business professionals participate annually in one or more of its professional and executive education programs.

About FIU:
Florida International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami’s only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, FIU graduates more Hispanics than any other university in the country. Its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “High Research Activity University.” In 2006 FIU was authorized to establish a medical school, which will welcome its first class in 2009. FIU’s College of Law recently received accreditation in the fastest time allowed by the American Bar Association. 

About The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com):
The Princeton Review is an education services company known for its test-prep courses, education programs, admission services, and 165 books published by Random House. Among them are Best 296 Business Schools and  Best 174 Law Schools-each of which include 11 ranking lists of the top 10 schools in the books in various categories based on institutional data and student surveys.  The company also publishes Best 168 Medical Schools and Best 368 Colleges, plus guides for college and graduate school admission exams and other resource books. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University and it is not a magazine. 

About Entrepreneur Media Inc. (www.entrepreneur.com):
Entrepreneur Media Inc. is the premier content provider for and about entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur.com is the most widely used website by entrepreneurs and emerging businesses worldwide.