AACSB International’s Board of Directors voted to extend accreditation for the University of San Francisco’s School of Management following what the school described as its first “clean review” since 2011. In the exit meeting, AACSB reviewers praised the school’s societal impact work and described its progress as “light years ahead,” while signaling that continued budget cuts threatened faculty and staff burnout. USF leadership cited a “transparent and courageous” approach to navigating financial pressure, while also pointing to a landmark undergraduate curriculum redesign and strong student outcomes. The decision provides an immediate reputational and operational lift for the business school as it manages sustaining momentum in a constrained environment. The AACSB action also serves as a governance signal: accreditation committees are paying close attention not just to academic quality metrics, but to resource sustainability and institutional capacity to maintain improvements.