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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 25, 2008
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Contact: Tonya Strong-Charles
                216.397.1958
                tstrong@jcu.edu

John Carroll University Announces Partnership with Croatian Business School
  

John Carroll University’s John M. and Mary Jo Boler School of Business is partnering with the Zagreb School of Economics and Management (ZSĚM) in an effort to expand international educational initiatives.  This partnership also aims to develop an exchange of economic and social research. 

John Carroll University President Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, S.J.  and the dean of ZSĚM, Dr. Ðuro Njavro formally acknowledged this collaboration with the signing of a contract in January 2008 on the John Carroll campus.

Zagreb School of Economics and Management is a non-profit, private accredited school founded in 1995 in Zagreb, Croatia.  Its programs include a four-year undergraduate program of “Economy and Management,” a graduate MBA program, and Executive Education programs for personal development in specialized fields of economics and management. 

The Boler School of Business at John Carroll University is a fully accredited AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - and has earned AACSB International special accreditation for its Accountancy program.

John Carroll University, located in University Heights, Ohio, is a Jesuit Catholic university that inspires individuals to excel in learning, leadership and service in the region and the world.  The university has 3,000 undergraduates and nearly 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2008 annual college guide ranks the master’s degree program at John Carroll University among the top 10   universities across the Midwest. The university is ranked 13th  in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category which compares academic excellence with cost. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.  The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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