Academic Qualification
Academic qualification requires a combination of original academic preparation (completion of doctoral or terminal degree) augmented by subsequent activities that maintain currency and relevance of preparation for current teaching responsibilities. Tenured and tenure-track CBA faculty are expected to maintain academic qualification.
The following are the requirements that a CBA faculty member needs to attain to be considered “academically qualified”:
- Received from an accredited program (or its substantive equivalent) the doctoral or terminal degree appropriate to his/her teaching area during the most recent five-year period or to have been advanced to candidacy during the most recent three-year period; OR
- Received an appropriate doctoral or terminal degree prior to the most five-year period and must have produced a minimum of nine (9) points of intellectual contributions over the most recent five-year period, at least six (6) of which must come from categories A, B, C, or D, using the classification system below. In order to be Academically Qualified at the Graduate level (AQG), a faculty member must have a minimum of fourteen (14) points of intellectual contributions over the most recent five-year period, at least of nine (9) of which must come from categories A, B, C, or D.
| Intellectual Contribution Items | Points |
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| A. Elite. Items in this category represent the highest level of achievement. In each discipline, there are a few journals, usually no more than 4-5, that are considered as the premier journals in the discipline. These journals are general viewed as highest quality or highest visibility journals in the discipline. | 20 |
| B. High Quality (Plus) and High Quality. Items in this category are the result of original basic scholarship and are intended primarily for an academic audience. They will have been subjected to an external, blind, peer review process. If the publication is in a journal, the journal will be widely recognized as an “A” journal that is a notch below “elite.” In each discipline, there may be as many as 20 journals that are considered to be high quality and with substantial visibility within the discipline. The journals are considered to have substantial technical or theoretical requirements and are difficult to get to. Many scholarly books fall in this category. HQ+ articles are the best of the HQ journals, and are worth 15 points | (15) 10 |
C. Quality. Items in this category are the result of original basic scholarship, applied scholarship, or instructional development. They are intended for an academic, business researcher, or government researcher audience. They will have been subjected to an external, blind, peer review process. If publication is in a journal, the journal will be recognized as a quality journal within its field and have a low-to-moderate acceptance rate and a low-to- moderate number of invited articles. Many of these journals have impact factors, but they are generally lower than those in the “High Quality” category. At many reputable schools, these would be considered “A-,” “B+” or even “B” outlets. Examples in this category include:
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D. Support 1. Items in this category are intended for a variety of audiences, including academics, business persons, researchers in business and government, government officials, practitioners, and students. Most of them will have been subjected to an external, blind, peer review process, while some will have been subjected to editorial review process. If the journal is peer reviewed, it will have relatively lower visibility and a higher acceptance rate than a journal in the “Quality” category. It may be that new journals for which there is little data about quality and impact are placed in this category and move up when adequate information is available. Examples in this category included:
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E. Support 2. Items are intended for a variety of audiences, including academics, business persons, researchers in business and government, government officials, practitioners, and students. They will have been subjected to at least an editorial review process. Examples in this category include:
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F. Other. Items in this category are publicly available, but lack theoriginality and level of external validation inherent in Categories A-E. However, they are likely to involve a significant amount of effort and have some degree of external validation. Examples in this category include:
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G. Other Journal. Items in this category are journals that do not meet the criteria for categories A-D. Journals or Conference Classification Process. A college-wide body shall be established to serve as a jury for the ranking of other journals that are not included in the present journal lists. The criteria for determining the appropriate classification of a journal (Categories A-E) or a conference (Categories C-F) will include:
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