CONSORTIUM FOR UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS EDUCATION (CUIBE) 2004

Last year, the University of Missouri - St. Louis instigated the creation of an International Business Consortium among some of the nation’s leading universities in this field. This group met for the first time on the University of Missouri - St. Louis’ campus March 6-8, with the following attendees:

• Robert Hogner - Florida International University
• Harry Lane - Northeastern University
• Steven Loughrin-Sacco - San Diego State University
• Arvind Phatak - Temple University
• Lane Kelley - University of Hawaii
• David Ricks, Allan Bird and Julius Johnson, Jr. - University of Missouri - St. Louis
• David Ralston - University of Oklahoma
• Andrea Poehling - University of Wisconsin

Members of the Consortium who were unable to attend were Bob Krapfel from the University of Maryland, and James McCullough from Washington State University.
The first order of business was to create a title for the new group, which decided to refer to itself as the Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE), as the members decided to focus on undergraduate programs. The CUIBE members are currently involved in exchanging ideas and benchmarking each other, and using the results of this process to improve each school’s programs. All of the program improvements that arise from these interludes will be made available as best practices for other schools across the country through seminars sponsored by CUIBE. The University of Missouri - St. Louis has been chosen as the information center for CUIBE, maintaining the list of best practices and other relevant data. We are extremely enthused about the possibilities that lie ahead for this group, and look forward to the opportunity to shape the growth of international business education programs throughout the nation!