The Institute of Management Accountants has been named a new sponsor of the PhD Project, a program designed to bring more diversity to the corporate world by diversifying business school faculty.
Launched in 1994, the PHD Project looks to encourage more diverse business school students by promoting more diverse instructors. The KPMG Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Big Four firm KPMG, is the founder and lead sponsor of the program.
“IMA is proud and honored to be a sponsor of The PhD Project,” stated IMA president and CEO Jeff Thomson. “The call to action is a more diverse pool of PhD academic influencers in business schools, who in turn inspire a more diverse group of students and ultimately, business professionals who make a difference in society. IMA will do its part, and then some, to expand this pool with our full set of benefits including the CMA scholarship program. Additionally, we hope to attract a more diverse pool of future IMA volunteer leaders through this collaborative partnership.”
“IMA’s support speaks volumes about its understanding of our mission: diverse business school faculty attracts a diverse student body to study business,” said Bernard Milano, president of the PhD Project and the KPMG Foundation. “This, in turn, enables employers to improve the diversity in their workplace and all students to be better prepared to function in our diverse society. IMA’s support of the Project will help carry on our momentum, which has more than quintupled the number of minority business professors over the past 24 years. We receive great support from the accounting profession with KPMG Foundation, Dixon Hughes Goodman, AICPA, American Accounting Association, NASBA and now IMA as sponsors.”