The University of San Francisco’s School of Management received a renewed accreditation extension after a review by AACSB International, described as the first clean review since 2011. AACSB reviewers praised progress on societal impact and a Jesuit business-education model, but they also warned that further budget cuts could drive faculty and staff burnout. The university leadership framed the outcome as validation of “transparent and courageous” navigation of a difficult financial environment while pursuing curriculum redesign and sustaining student outcomes. For higher education operators, the accreditation update underscores how financial constraints and human-capital capacity—faculty and staff support—now directly shape compliance narratives and accreditor expectations, beyond process metrics alone.