Standards Compliance Review (AUP)

In 2005, MBA CSEA developed a Standards Compliance Review process (formerly known as AUP, or Agreed Upon Procedures), to increase knowledge of the Standards and improve interpretation by a diverse audience. Each year, member schools have the opportunity to enter data into our Employment Data System and elect to make it eligible for an external review. 20 schools are randomly selected from those who are eligible. A CPA firm reviews their data and data collection processes in comparison with the Standards to recommend ways the school can improve, as well as share best practices. MBA CSEA publishes the list of schools who elect to be eligible for a review. The list of the 20 schools who are selected and participate, and the results from the reviews, remain confidential and are not shared with other schools.

Schools who are eligible for a Standards Compliance Review are making an external statement that their data is collected according to the Standards and that they are open to their data collection processes being evaluated by an external review firm.

Schools that make their data eligible for a review benefit from...

External acknowledgment that their employment data is collected using agreed upon Standards and is accurate and comparable with other schools
Tips for how to improve data collection processes
Public recognition by MBA CSEA, as well as rankings institutions such as U.S. News & World Report
Schools eligible for a review have the option of purchasing a Standards Badge to include on their marketing materials, indicating their participation in the process. Contact our Executive Director for more information.

For more information about the process, please contact our Standards Consultant, Derek Walker.

How to make your data eligible for a review

Enter your data into the MBA CSEA Employment Data System from October through December each year. On the "Basic Questions" page, you will see a question asking if your school would like to participate in the program. By checking this box, you are agreeing to participate in a Compliance Review, if selected. Please note that no exceptions are provided once the selections are made. Please be sure you are authorized to make this decision on behalf of your school.

Class of 2018 Eligible Schools

American University	Texas Christian University
Arizona State University	Texas State University
Asian Institute of Management	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Asia School of Business	Tilburg University
Auburn University	Tulane University
Babson College	University at Buffalo
Baruch College/City University of New York	University College Dublin
Baylor University	University of Alabama
Boston College	University of Arizona
Boston University	University of Arkansas
Brandeis University	University of British Columbia
Carnegie Mellon University	University of California, Berkeley
Case Western Reserve University	University of California, Davis
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)	University of California, Irvine
Claremont Graduate University	University of California, Los Angeles
College of William & Mary	University of California, Riverside
Columbia University	University of California, San Diego
Cornell University	University of Chicago
Dartmouth	University of Cincinnati
Drexel University	University of Colorado
Duke University	University of Connecticut
Emory University	University of Denver
ESADE	University of Florida
ESMT	University of Georgia
Fordham University	University of Houston
George Washington University	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Georgetown University	University of Iowa
Georgia Institute of Technology	University of Kentucky
Harvard University	University of Maryland, College Park
IESE Business School	University of Miami
IMD	University of Michigan
Indiana University	University of Minnesota
Iowa State University	University of Mississippi
Johns Hopkins University	University of Missouri - Columbia
Louisiana State University	University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	University of Notre Dame
Michigan State University	University of Oklahoma
Mississippi State University	University of Oregon
National University of Singapore	University of Pennsylvania
New York University	University of Pittsburgh
North Carolina State University	University of Rochester
Northeastern University	University of San Diego
Northwestern University	University of San Francisco
Ohio State University	University of South Carolina
Penn State University	University of Southern California
Pepperdine University	University of Texas at Austin
Purdue University	University of Utah
Rice University	University of Virginia
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey	University of Washington
Sabanci University	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Saint Louis University	Vanderbilt University
Southern Methodist University	Washington University in St. Louis
Stanford University	Willamette University
Syracuse University	Yale University
Temple University	York University
Texas A&M University

"Through a confidential consultation, school’s participating in AUP receive valuable input (and assurance) on the effectiveness and accuracy of their current processes. Furthermore, MBA CSEA AUP participation helps to instill trust and confidence in a school’s public reports on its MBA employment outcomes"

- Paul Poissant, Director, Employer Relations, Penn State University