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Houghton Business Students Score in the Top 5% on National Business Test
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| Ken Bates, Chair of the Business Department at Houghton College. Professor Bates oversees the curriculum and leads a team of more than a half-dozen professors. His teaching areas include management, leadership and human resources. |
Thirty-two senior business majors at Houghton College have scored in the top five percentile in a nationally administered test designed to examine their knowledge in the field of business.
The Business Major Field Test was administered at 610 institutions to over 132,000 undergraduate students. It is intended to compare the results of each school to other participating schools in an effort to improve instruction and learning.
The topics on the exam included matter covered throughout the four years of college study. The questions spanned the full scope of business and included areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, management and global business issues. At Houghton, the test was also used to calculate 10% of a student’s grade for their final business course.
“The Business Major Field Test is tough,” said Ken Bates, chair of the business and economics department at Houghton. “The most brilliant students in the country take it, so competition is at its highest.”
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| Richard Halberg. Professor Halberg focuses on business finance, financial management and marketing. He has been at Houghton for 34 years. |
Houghton College has been administering the test since 2003, and has consistently ranked in the top five-to-ten percentile nationwide. “Our graduating business students score with the top 5% nationally and in the highest tier among our peer institutions,” Bates stated.
“Our students learn how to think, analyze and integrate,” Bates continued. “They learn to be well rounded individuals.”
The business department plans to continue administering the Business Major Field Test to its senior students.
