AACSB Update
Robert Reid
Topics
• Membership and accreditation
– Profile
– Accreditation pillars – Training and seminars – What we've learned
• 2020 committee • Amsterdam office • CEO search
Reach of AACSB International
AACSB-accredited members present No AACSB members present AACSB members presentThe AACSB Network
• 1,369 member business schools in 88 countries and territories
• 711 accredited schools in 47 countries and territories (less
than 5% of the estimated number of schools offering business degrees worldwide)
• 180 accounting-accredited programs in 7 countries and territories
The World of Management
Education
Region AACSB Members AACSB-Accredited In Accreditation Process Estimated Schools Offering Business Programs Africa 19 3 3 846Eastern, South-Eastern, and
Southern Asia 233 52 70 7,896
Central and Western Asia 64 12 13 606
Europe 240 80 53 2,467
Latin America and the
Caribbean 79 18 10 2,147
Northern America 694 528 37 1,730
Oceania 40 18 7 98
Engagement - Innovation – Impact
• Executive summary of most significant
strategies and outcomes in the past five years related to engagement, innovation and impact • Review Accreditation Standards Appendix for
Engagement
Schools are expected to:
• Achieve both academic and professional
engagement by students and faculty
• Identify desired characteristics of
engagement, aligned with the school’s
mission
• Maintain and foster an appropriate
intersection of academic and professional
engagement
Engagement Focus
• Mission contextual and must focus on ensuring students, faculty and other
stakeholders participate in the life of the business school
• Linked to Eligibility Criterion B, Standards 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 13, and 15
Engagement Possibilities
• Integration of professionally engaged faculty (IP & PA)
• Faculty/student engagement with business community
• Faculty/student engagement with broader academic community
Innovation
Schools are expected to:
• Pursue continuous improvement
• Be entrepreneurial and experiment
• Be innovative. Innovations include both the
potential for success and risk of failure.
Innovations should be well-developed and
aligned with mission/strategy
• Report most significant activities and
results
Innovation Focus
The mission of the business school is the context:
• Innovation is focused on stakeholders and not unique from other business schools
• Focus on most recent 5-year period
• Linked to mission & strategic plan development and implementation (Standard 1)
Innovation Possibilities
• Adding on-line or distance delivered courses and/or degrees
• New areas of programming
• Distinctive service/outreach projects • Distinctive collaborative activities with
business, non-profits, government, or other institutions
• New student engagements activities • New research initiatives
Impact
School’s are expected to:
• Focus on high quality inputs and outcomes
that have impact
• Produce intellectual contributions that
have a positive impact on theory, teaching
and practice
• Demonstrate that the business school is
“making a difference” in business and
Types of Impact
Standards Appendix
• Mission alignment impact
• Intellectual contributions impact • Academic impact
• Teaching & instructional impact • Academic program impact
• Practice & community impact • Executive education impact • Research center impact
Impact Focus
Through mission execution, how is the business school making a difference?
• Success/impact of graduates/students • Research outcomes
• Community/business community supporting events, outcomes
• Can be localized to stakeholders
Impact Possibilities
• Translation of research outcomes into consulting, executive education/continuing education
programming, or practice oriented ICs • Participation in policy development • Success of graduates
• Impact on professional/academic societies/practice • Journal quality/citations
Accreditation – Transition
• Seminars updated and offered globally
– Business Accreditation and Accounting Accreditation Seminars
• Volunteer training
– 350+ volunteers trained in 16 workshops held in Asia, Europe, North America
– Evaluations 3.9/4 point scale
2013 Accreditation Standards
What we’ve learned from schools:
– Positive feedback about PRT preparation– Accreditation staff resources receive positive feedback
– Demonstrating engagement and impact is evolving
– Suggestions for revision to PRT report and Fifth Year Report Guidelines
2013 Accreditation Standards
What we’ve learned from Peer Review
Teams:
– Schools criteria and documentation for Std 15 Faculty Engagement and Qualification were well done
– Engagement documentation is immature – Need to modify the PRT report to better
2020 Committee
Charge
“Recommend strategies and structures to
significantly increase AACSB’s achievement of its global mission, providing for superior membership advantage as well as quality
improvement and quality assurance services, with particular focus on emerging
2020 Committee
Methodology
– Committee meetings and discussion – Emerging economies research
– Engagement with business schools in emerging economies
2020 Committee
Timetable
– January 2014: Board of Directors launched the committee
– September 2014: Interim report to AACSB board
– Fall 2014: Global engagement and feedback
– January 2015: Final report to AACSB board
Office in Amsterdam
• April 2014: Board of Directors approval
• Timetable
• Recruiting
– Initial staff
CEO Search
• Process
– Search Committee – Search Firm
Sample Member Feedback Sessions
Northeast Business Deans Association Annual Meeting
September 13, 2013
Western Association of Collegiate Schools of Business Annual Meeting
October 8, 2013
Middle American Business Deans Association Annual Meeting
October 14, 2013
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Business Deans Conference
October 13-15, 2013
AACSB Europe Annual Conference
October 19, 2013
AACSB Middle East and Africa Annual Conference
Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration Annual Meeting
October 22, 2013
Council of Texas Deans Annual Meeting
October 28, 2103
Southern Business Administration Association Annual Meeting
November 12, 2013
AACSB Deans Conference
February 2-4, 2014
AACSB Accounting Accreditation Seminar
CEO Search
• Timetable
• Feedback
– To provide additional input regarding the CEO recruitment effort or to express interest as a candidate, please contact Kim M. Morrisson or Betty Hasler at [email protected]
