Their Vision

The Barney School of Business strives to

• Be increasingly recognized for the high quality of its programs, and
• Distinguish itself from other institutions by the strong relationships it maintains with business, government and non-profit organizations.

Their Mission

The Barney School of Business prepares individuals to be leaders and decision-makers by:

• Creating a student-focused learning environment that emphasizes effective, high quality teaching and learning.
• Engaging in a broad range of scholarly activities that enhance and strengthen our teaching and provide intellectual stimulation to our faculty.
• Maintaining strong relationships with regional business, government and non-profit entities that facilitate their interaction with students and faculty in a wide variety of activities that offer exposure to the current application of management tools and techniques.

Their Management Education Philosophy

To prepare our students to be leaders and decision-makers we:

• Provide each student with the opportunity to achieve competency in the core disciplines of business and more advanced competency in one or more of those disciplines;
• Provide each student with up-to-date information and technology skills;
• Develop each student's ability to work as a contributing member of a team;
• Contribute to each student's ability to understand the importance of integrity, ethics and being socially responsible;
• Provide students with a global perspective;
• Encourage and facilitate students in obtaining practical business experience through an internship, co-op or special project.