School of Business Accreditation

1. ACBSP School of Business Accreditation • Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) • www.acbsp.org Paula Baxter, ABD Assistant Professor School of Business baxterp@sanjuancollege.edu

2. ACBSP About ACBSP • May 12, 1989 • August 1992 • Recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a specialized accreditation agency for business education • January 22, 2001 • Recognition from CHEA • 403 educational institutions as members • 297 have achieved accreditation • Emphasis: Excellence in teaching

3. ACBSP ACBSP Criteria • Leadership • Strategic Planning • Student, Stakeholder, and Market Force • Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management • Faculty and Staff Focus • Process Management

4. ACBSP What ACBSP is looking for in the Accreditation Criteria • Systematic Approach • Deployment • Results • Improvement (learning)

5. ACBSP Student/Stakeholder Focused Results Examines how well the college satisfies students and stakeholders key needs and expectations.

6. ACBSP Budgetary, Financial, and Market Does the business school receive adequate operating funds each academic year?

7. Visionary Leadership Learning-Centered Education Organizational and Personal Learning Valuing Faculty, Staff, and Partners Agility Focus on the Future Managing for Innovation Management by Fact Public Responsibility and Citizenship Focus on Results and Creating Value Systems Perspective ACBSP Baldrige Core Values

8. ACBSP Maintenance of Accreditation • Periodic Reports • Quality Assurance Reports (Update/Significant Changes) • Annual (notes and conditions) • Reaffirmation (Ten Years)

9. ACBSP Faculty Qualifications Very Important:All faculty qualifications should be validated with original transcripts, certificates, or related written documentation—which clearly states the qualification.

10. ACBSP Faculty, Qualifications, Calculations, Composition • At least 50% of the required full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty should hold either a masters and/or doctorate degree to teach at the Associate degree level. • At least 90% of the required full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty should hold either a masters, doctorate or are professionally qualified to teach at the associate degree level.

11. ACBSP What is Masters Degree or Higher? • Doctorate in teaching field • Juris Doctorate • MBA • Masters in teaching field • Out-of-field Masters with: • 18/27 credit hours • documentation in2 or more of the 5 professional areas

12. ACBSP A close look at Assessment • Measuring student learning outcomes • Continual Improvement of the teaching & learning process

13. ACBSP Let’s start with the facts. Outcomes Assessment.

14. ACBSP Using Assessment Outcomes (Results)to Improve Student Learning

15. ACBSP Student Learning Results Examples • Capstone performance • Third-party examinations • Faculty-designed examinations • Professional performance • Licensure examinations

16. The many “faces” of the process.

17. ACBSP Assessment Survival Kits

18. ATTITUDE Any task facing us is NOT as important as our attitude towards it, for that determines our success or failure. Norman Vincent Peale

19. Core SJC ACBSP Team • Paula Baxter • Dr. Sam Dosumu • Connie Kelt • Murdoch Maloney • Louise Miller • Bart Womack • Mike Tacha