Faculty Qualification

Faculty Qualification College of Business

Faculty are qualified through initial academic or professional preparation and sustain currency and relevancy appropriate to their classification, as follows: Scholarly Academic (SA), Practice Academic (PA), Scholarly Practitioner (SP), or Instructional Practitioner (IP). Otherwise, faculty members are classified as Additional Faculty (A). (AACSB Guiding Principles and Standards, 2022, Standard 3.2 p. 30).  Note: This document may not be current, so please contact the AACSB for the most up-to-date version.

Notice August 2025

 The Office of Accreditation has updated its operational practice. From now on, all faculty members will be responsible for entering their own publication and presentation records directly into the WM system (using SSO to access the WM system). This change is intended to give each faculty member full control over the accuracy and completeness of their scholarly activity records. 

The instructions can be found on our AACSB secure website (single-sign campus access). Please visit the instructions and instructional videos on our AACSB website:  Updating COB Faculty Resume. 

SUBMISSION REPORTS

Faculty Research Realtime reports: Note that Points are based on Journal Classification Rankings

EII Showcase

How to Update Faculty AACSB Records

  • The Office of Accreditation has updated its operational practice. From now on, all faculty members will be responsible for entering their own publication and presentation records directly into the WM system (using SSO to access the WM system). This change is intended to give each faculty member full control over the accuracy and completeness of their scholarly activity records. 

  • The instructions can be found on our AACSB secure website (single-sign campus access). Please visit the instructions and instructional videos on our AACSB website:  Updating COB Faculty Resume. 

     

Not all journals or events are equal in value and impact.  The COB committee ranks and commends Journals and other venues with weighted evaluations and points to reflect the impact and value of the media outlet. The ranking and publication database is maintained by AACSB staff as reported on demand below.