Besides the Mississippi Bankers Association's proprietary school, the Mississippi School of Banking, the Association endorses and participates in several banking schools in the Southeast, including:

Southeastern School of Advanced Commercial Lending

Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt University

Next Session: Feb. 18-22, 2008

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 4 other state bankers associations; administered by Tennessee Bankers Assn.

Southeastern School of Consumer Credit

Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt University

Next Session: Date not available. Held in March each year

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 4 other state bankers associations; administered by Tennessee Bankers Assn.

Southeastern School of Commercial Lending

Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt University

Next Session: Date not available. Held in May each year

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 4 other state bankers associations; administered by Tennessee Bankers Assn.

Graduate School of Banking at LSU

Baton Rouge, La., Louisiana State University

Next Session: May 18-30, 2008

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 14 other state bankers associations. Mississippi has representatives on the school's Board of Trustees.

Southern Trust School

Mobile, Ala., Spring Hill College

Next Session: June 2008 (exact dates TBA)

Co-sponsored by the MBA and 4 other state bankers associations; administered by Alabama Bankers Assn.