{"id":2,"date":"2020-10-26T12:53:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T12:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:44:20","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tommy-and-victoria-baker-school-of-business-history-of-excellence\">Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business: History of Excellence  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Tommy &amp; Victoria Baker School of Business at The Citadel will educate and develop leaders of principle to serve a global community through experiential learning. We are an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) internationally accredited institution with historical military roots of excellence in education emphasizing leadership development, a distinction earned by fewer than 6% of business schools worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/AACSB-logo-accredited-color-RGB-1024x346.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1866\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/AACSB-logo-accredited-color-RGB-1024x346.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/AACSB-logo-accredited-color-RGB-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/AACSB-logo-accredited-color-RGB-768x259.png 768w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/AACSB-logo-accredited-color-RGB.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/10\/aacsb-logo-member-color-rgb2.png\" alt=\"AACSB Business Education Alliance \" class=\"wp-image-8\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-mission-amp-values\">Our Mission &amp; Values<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of The Citadel\u2019s Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business (BSB) is to educate and develop innovative leaders of principle to serve a global community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our teaching, scholarship, and service are based on our commitment to these values:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Integrity and respect for others,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional and intellectual development of all members of the BSB community, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellence through valuing innovation, diversity, and continuous improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/m_Bastin-March-2022-3920.jpg\" alt=\"Cadets learning about business one of the best undergrad business schools\" class=\"wp-image-743\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/m_Bastin-March-2022-3920.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/m_Bastin-March-2022-3920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/m_Bastin-March-2022-3920-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-competencies\">Our Competencies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tommy &amp; Victoria Baker School of Business is part of a teaching institution with a long tradition of high-quality education and leadership development in undergraduate and graduate education. We value teaching first but recognize that scholarship and service are its essential complements. We encourage and reward all types of scholarship, emphasizing a balance between applied and pedagogical research, with discipline-based scholarship in a supporting role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our focus on leadership development arises from our historical roots as The Military College of South Carolina. The core undergraduate program requires that all students be members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Supplementing our unique undergraduate mission, we offer a variety of undergraduate programs, face-to-face, online, and blended, including cadet, veterans, and degree completion. These programs are complemented by our face-to-face, online, and blended graduate programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-aspiration\">Our Aspiration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We will be the undergraduate business school of choice for those who aspire to leadership positions in business, the military, or public service and who recognize the beneficial developmental environment that a military school offers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will be among the select graduate business schools for working professionals who aspire to become principled leaders in their organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/m_Bastin-March-2022-5557-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business, one of the top undergraduate business schools\" class=\"wp-image-745\" style=\"width:400px;height:267px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/m_Bastin-March-2022-5557-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/m_Bastin-March-2022-5557-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/m_Bastin-March-2022-5557-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Within The Citadel and nationally, we will be recognized as a leading, innovative business school that consistently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prepares students for a variety of business career fields by offering a wide range of courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offers career planning, mentoring, experiential learning, and internship programs to assist students in making career choices,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interacts globally through study and travel options for students and faculty,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provides outreach to the region and serves as a resource in its economic development, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports faculty excellence in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-top-ranked-by-u-s-news-amp-world-report\">Top ranked by U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Citadel is ranked as the <em><strong>Best Regional University in the South<\/strong><\/em> for two years and has also been consecutively named <em><strong>Best Public University in the South<\/strong><\/em> by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/today.citadel.edu\/the-citadel-named-overall-1-regional-university-in-the-south-by-u-s-news-world-report-for-second-year-in-a-row\/\">U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for 15 years. 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