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Basis for the decision/program commentsCriterion 1.2 Administrators and faculty in the business unit have created an environment that fosters and requires legal and ethical behavior through systematic processes. This is evidenced by the required annual Title IX training as well as the establishment of the Center for Learning and Teaching and the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Equity and Cultural Safety. In addition to this, the institution has implemented a confidential and anonymous “Make the Right Call” hotline to report critical concerns. This environment is reinforced through the use of a student code of conduct and clear and consistent communication to students and faculty stakeholders of the plagiarism policy and the use of SafeAssign plagiarism checking software. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 3.1 The business unit provides educational opportunities to diverse, remote and potentially underserved populations. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 3.6 The business unit student advisors are viewed as an asset to the unit, as students identified them as an excellent resource to help students navigate any issue. Categories: Deployment Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 4.1 The business unit has identified learning outcomes for each program. Categories: ApproachCriterion 4.3 Appendix M may be a good example of how to best use the Peregrine results to identify areas for improvement across other topic areas. Categories: Results Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 5.2 The institution provides an effective, systematic approach to offering faculty numerous opportunities to access financial resources in pursuit of faculty development, research, and presentations. These opportunities show a commitment to faculty development and research objectives. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 6.1.3 The courses within the business programs serve to meet the Common Professional Component (CPC). Categories: Deployment, Results Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 6.1.4 The business programs offer great opportunities for students to build electives into programs of study. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 6.3.1 Effective admissions policies are utilized to help attract and retain students in the business programs. Categories: Deployment Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Opportunities for Improvement (OFI) (9)Conditions of Accreditation The business program could have a clearly defined website that provides pertinent information on faculty qualifications, placement, graduation rates, and other data significant to stakeholders. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 1.1 While 1.1b indicates that key performance indicators include retention and institutional surveys, it is unclear how these instruments are used to review performance and capabilities or the business unit’s ability to address its changing needs. The business unit may benefit from the evaluation of these key performance indicators. Categories: Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 3.8 The business unit could benefit from clearly presented source data used by the business unit to understand and respond to the student and stakeholder needs. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 4.2 The business unit could benefit from presenting the trends in the format provided by ACBSP in Figure 4.2 to include three to five consecutive sets of assessment results. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 5.1 While background information and general planning processes are provided in 5.1a, an opportunity exists to clarify what the business unit’s human resource plan is. Even though there is a current hiring freeze, the business unit may benefit from a fully documented human resource plan based on specific criteria such as enrollment trends, retention rates, graduation rates, new program demand, etc. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 5.3 While rationale for low Academically Qualified ratios includes that two faculty are on track to complete their doctorate to improve the ratios, the business unit may benefit from increasing their Academically Qualified faculty to meet the 40% threshold. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site. Although the business unit is using several minimally qualified faculty who could be effective in the classroom, it could benefit from specific identifiable measurements of successful student learning outcomes such as course level assessment or evaluations. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 5.6 Although there is a documented approach for overall faculty evaluation at the institutional level through the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it is unclear if the business unit provides additional instruction and support to the faculty specific to their position, rank, and discipline for faculty evaluation purposes. The business unit may consider providing information, examples, samples, benchmarks, or mentoring for faculty within the context of their discipline appropriate for monitoring, evaluating, and developing faculty in their responsibilities. Categories: Approach Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 6.3.6 The business program has access to a large enrollment data report and could offer insight into how the report is used to the benefit of it's programs. Categories: Deployment Verified: This OFI was verified on site.
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