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Criterion 1.0 Under the direction of the Dean, the business unit has created a culture of engagement and commitment to organizational goals. Faculty and support staff are collegial, energetic, enthusiastic, and devoted to serving their peer faculty and students. In addition, they are committed to providing appropriate academic oversight to the business programs. Criterion 1.1 There is a comprehensive engagement of “Students Business Organization (SBO)” that are involved in community responsibilities. Likewise, COBA faculty have community representation in their research works and the faculty conduct workshops to help small and medium entrepreneurs on exportation. Criterion 2.1. There is evidence of faculty and students’ participation recorded in the strategic planning initiatives and meetings. The strong participation of business unit students manifested in the ambassadorial roles played at student recruitment, career fair and homecoming events organized by the university with considerable support from COBA faculty advisors. Criterion 3.3 The business unit has a strong set of student tracking and internal assessment measures in place. This was used in monitoring critical program learning outcomes relating to curriculum improvement and deployment for student success. Criterion 3.4 There is good COBA coordination with institutional research department and frequent dissemination of student survey and enrollment data to business unit leadership, which filters down to faculty curriculum committee and finally to the instructors. Criterion 4.1 The business unit is implementing Peregrine services examination for both entry and exit assessments by Fall 2023 for MBA program and exit Peregrine for undergraduate student assessments. This will provide the college with a customizable and flexible way to assess learner’s retained knowledge and use results to conduct ongoing quality assurance efforts. Criterion 5.1 The Business Unit provided evidence that it has a systematic process to ensure current and qualified faculty members by fostering teaching excellence, aligning faculty credentials and skill sets with current and future program objectives, evaluating faculty performance, and ensuring faculty development including scholarly and professional activities. Criterion 5.2 There is sufficient evidence that the Business and Accounting Units' faculty are qualified to teach the related business and accounting courses. All faculty resumes are presented in the “Faculty Resumes Package” file. The business unit exceeds the expectation of the criterion that faculty are qualified to teach the business courses, with undergraduate courses instructed by 70% of Doctorate-qualified faculty members and 100% of master’s and Doctoral-qualified faculty members (comparing to respective 40% and 90% requirement); and graduate courses instructed by 100% Doctorate-qualified faculty members (comparing to 70% requirement). Criterion 5.3 There is sufficient evidence of the deployment of faculty resources among the disciplines within the Business Unit to ensure that students have an opportunity to receive instruction from an appropriate mix of the faculty to ensure consistent quality across programs and student groups. Criterion 5.4 There is sufficient evidence of faculty active participation in a planned system of faculty and instructional development consistent with the mission of the business unit. The faculty and curriculum needs are determined through the student course evaluations SmartEvals and requests from faculty. Criterion 6.1 The Business Unit has a process to ensure the curricular development process links with the unit’s strategic plan and mission. On-site, faculty and staff indicated how the curricular development is aligned with the university’s mission. Furthermore, the Business Unit provided evidence that courses taught by both full-time and adjunct faculty have comparable quality and consistency. All courses are evaluated by the students and the results are reviewed by both the Chair and the Dean. For multi-section courses, there is an assigned coordinator who issues a common syllabus.
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