active signatories that report their SIP reports
This chapter presents descriptions of active signatories (defined as the signatories that sign and produce a progress report(s)) in response to the first research objective of the thesis examining who has supported PRME and whether they differ from the larger population of potential signatories (e.g. size of institutions and locations). The chapter will mainly describe the characteristics of 180 signatories that were included in the content analysis of the SIP reports. As mentioned in Chapter 4, four signatories that do not offer educational programmes and twelve signatories that produce their progress reports in non-English languages were excluded from a total of 196 signatories that submitted their SIP reports on the PRME website by the 10th of February, 2012. Although twelve signatories that produced their SIP reports in non-English languages are not counted in the analysis, their characteristics will be also briefly provided in this chapter. The chapter examines characteristics of the active signatories in terms of five aspects which are locations (countries of origin), size of institutions (i.e. student populations), their membership status in the UN Global Compact, their accreditation status granted by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS and their ranking status ranked by the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings. Each of the five sections of the chapter presents each of the above five characteristics of the signatories, respectively.Information on their accreditation status, membership status in the Global Compact and ranking status ranked by Financial Times are obtained from the websites of accreditation bodies (AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS), the Global Compact and the website of Financial Times, respectively. Information on countries of origin is
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obtained from the PRME website. The information on the size of the parent institutions of the active signatories from the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia are obtained from the governmental and higher educational statistical websites such as www.unistats.direct.gov.uk, www.collegestats.org and www.deewr.gov.au, respectively. Information on the size of the remaining signatories is mainly obtained from their websites and annual reports as well as their SIP reports submitted on the PRME websites, except information on those of less than ten signatories which is obtained from academic accreditation and ranking websites, such as AACSB and Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings.
6.1.
Active signatories by locations
Figure 12 presents active signatories by regions. Nearly three-quarter (74%) of the total active signatories are from Europe and North America regions, and a quarter (26%) of the total active signatories comprises the remaining regions of the world, Africa, Australia, Asia and Latin and Central America.
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Figure 12: Active signatories by regions
Table 16 presents 180 active signatories by their countries of origin that represent 47 countries. Among them, only eight active signatories (4%) were from India and China, two countries with the world’s highest population. Twelve signatories that were excluded from the content analysis of the SIP reports and this analysis are from seven countries of three regions of the world, Europe (i.e. one signatory from Spain; two signatories from France), North America (i.e. Mexico) and Latin and Central America (i.e. two signatories from Paraguay, two signatories from Colombia, one signatory from Chile and one signatory from Argentina).
North America (56 signatories from 3 countries) (31%)
United States
50 Canada 5 Mexico 1
Europe (78 signatories from 19 countries) (43%)
Finland 2 Denmark 2 Greece 1 United Kingdom
18 France 11 Latvia 2 Georgia 1 Spain 10 Germany 11 Switzerland 5 Netherland 2 Italy 4 Slovenia 1 Russia 1 Hungary 1
Australia 4% Latin and
Central America 8% Asia 11% Europe 43% North America 31% Africa 3% Australia Asia
Latin and Central America Europe
North America Africa
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Lithuania 2 Monaco 1 Poland 2 Ireland 1
Latin and Central America (14 signatories from 9 countries) (8%)
Argentina 1 Dominican Republic
1 Brazil 4 Ecuador 1 Costa Rica 2 Peru 2 Colombia 1 Trinidad
and Tobago
1 Venezuela 1
Asia (20 signatories from 10 countries) (11%)
Philippines 2 China 5 Turkey 3 India 3 Japan 1 South Korea 2 Thailand 1 United Arab Emirates 1 Jordan 1 Singapore 1
Africa (5 signatories from 3 countries) (3%)
Uganda 1 South Africa
3 Nigeria 1
Australia (7 signatories from 1 country) (4%)
Australia 7
Table 16: Active signatories by countries of origin
6.2.
Active signatories by size of parent institutions
Figure 13 presents active signatories by size of parent institutions. Information on the size of 40 active signatories (22%) cannot be identified. In the figure, the active signatories can be grouped into three groups: small size – 39% (institutions with student population between 1 and 5,000 (28%) and institutions with student population between 5,001 and 10,000 (11%)), medium size – 15% (institutions with student population between 10,001 and 15,000 (11%) and institutions with student population between 15,001 and 20,000 (4%)) and large size – 24% (institutions with student population of more than 20,001). %). Information on the sizes of twelve signatories that were not included in the content analysis of the SIP reports and that produced their SIPs in non-English languages are not available.
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Figure 13: Active signatories by size of parent institutions
6.3.
Active signatories by membership status in the UN
Global Compact
A total of 55 active signatories (31% of the total 180 active signatories) are academic participants of the Global Compact principles. Table 17 presents active signatories of PRME that are academic participants of the UN Global Compact by each region. Among twelve signatories that were not included in this analysis and the content analysis of SIP reports for this study, a total of eight signatories, one signatory from Mexico (North America), two signatories from France (Europe) and five signatories from Paraguay, Colombia and Chile (Latin and Central America) are academic participants of the UN Global Compact.
(1-5,000) 28% (5,001-10,000) 11% (10,001-15,000) 11% (15,001-20,000) 4% (20,001 and above) 24% Others that cannot be identified (22%) 1-5,000 5,001-10,000 10,001-15,000 15,001-20,000 20,001 and above Others (that cannot be identified)
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Regions
13 signatories (24%) North America 25 signatories (45%) Europe
8 signatories (15%) Latin and Central America 5 signatories (9%) Asia
4 signatories (7%) Australia
0 signatory Africa
Table 17: Active signatories by membership status in the UN Global Compact
6.4.
Active signatories by accreditation status
5Figure 14 presents total active signatories that have accreditation statuses. The table also suggests that PRME is well supported by institutions that provide a high level of quality of education based on the fact that nearly 61% of a total 180 active signatories have accreditation status and 27 active signatories are accredited by all three accreditation bodies. Among twelve signatories that were not included in this analysis and content analysis of the SIP reports, three signatories have accreditation statuses. One signatory from Mexico (North America) is accredited by AMBA and two signatories from France (Europe) possess two AACSB accreditation statuses and one AMBA accreditation status.
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Figure 14: Active signatories by accreditation statuses
70 (39%) 27 (15%) 110 (61%) 47 (26%) 48 (27%) 85(47%) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Total active signatories that have no accreditation status
Total active signatories accredited by ALL three accreditation bodies (AACSB,
EQUIS and AMBA) Total active signatories that
are accredited by at least one or more accreditation
bodies (AACSB/AMBA/EQUIS)
Total active signatories accredited by AMBA Total active signatories
accredited by EQUIS Total active signatories
accredited by AACSB
Numbers of active signatories (Percentage of total active signatories)
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6.5.
Active signatories by ranking status
6The study selected Financial Times rankings over other types of rankings for business schools because the ranking criteria of Financial Times consider not only quality of education provided by institutions in terms of accredited statuses such as AACSB of the business schools, but also the intellectual contribution of faculty members in terms of their publication of research in internationally recognised journals as well as post-study career and salary increase of their students and alumni.
The study first presents numbers of signatories ranked by the Financial Times, followed by its methodology and ranking criteria. Table 18 presents active PRME signatories with ranking status by regions. The majority of PRME active signatories, a total of 24 active PRME signatories (nearly 25% of total 100 business schools ranked by the Financial Times and 13% of total 180 active signatories), are included in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings. Twelve signatories that were not included in this analysis and the content analysis of the SIP reports, were not ranked by the Financial Times.
Numbers of signatories (percentage of the total active signatories by each region)
Regions
8 signatories (14%) North America 11 signatories (14%) Europe
1 signatory (5%) Latin and Central America 3 signatories (15%) Asia
1 signatory (14%) Australia
0 signatory Africa
Table 18: Active signatories with ranking status by the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings
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6.6.
Summary
Nearly three-quarter of the total active signatories are from Europe and North America regions, and the remaining quarter of the total active signatories are from the remaining four regions of the world, Africa, Australia, Asia and Latin and Central America. The majority of signatories, nearly 40% of the total active signatories, are small in terms of student population at their parent institutions, and the second group of supporters are large (24%). Nearly one-third (31%) of the total active signatories are academic participants of the Global Compact principles. PRME is well supported by institutions (61%) with accreditation status, AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS, and among them 27 active signatories are accredited by all three accreditation bodies, AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. A total of 24 active PRME signatories (nearly 25% of a total 100 business schools ranked by the Financial Times) are included in the Financial Times Global MBA rankings.
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