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Accredited Programs: AS: Business Studies , BS: Accounting , BS: Business/Economics , BS: Business/Finance , BS: Business/Management , BS: Business/Marketing , BS: Business Administration , BS: Business Administration & Leadership [2) , BS: Computer Information Systems (1) , BS: International Business , BS: Non-Profit Administration , BS: Organizational Management (3) , BS: Sports Management, MA: Organizational Leadership (4) , MBA: Finance Concentration , MBA: Global Business Concentration , MBA: Health Care Concentration , MBA: Project Management Concentration Institution Type: Bacc/Grad Degree Institution Classification: Independent Non-Profit Business School Website: https://www.cornerstone.edu/academics/pgs/divisions/business/ Accreditation Status: Yes Accreditation Category: A1 - Accredited with Notes Year Initially Accredited (Assoc.): 2019 Term of Accreditation: 10 Years Champion: Dr. Jeff Degner Champion Title: Dean - School of Business and Innovation Co-Champion: Donna Larner Co-Champion Title: Associate Professor & MBA Program Lead ENACTUS Team: No Basis for Decision: Basis for the decision/program commentsConditional Accreditation granted four four years with improvement opportunities in the following standards and criteria: Condition on Criterion 5.3; Notes on Criteria 4.2, 4.4 and 5.8.Basis for final decision: Criterion 1.1 The existence and operation of the Academic Councils and the Faculty and Academic Handbook are systems in place to set, communicate, and evaluate program values and performance expectations. There are regular meetings, both formal and informal to engage faculty and encourage two-way communication. Faculty see these as working well. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 2.1 The business programs have an implemented and deployed strategic planning process with clear evidence of faculty and administrative involvement. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 3.3 Using varied listening methods with key stakeholders, including student success committees, the business programs determine and assess programmatic needs and performance standards for continuous and ongoing improvement. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 3.5 The business programs utilize a new and sophisticated "Pathway Program" that began in Fall 2018 as a cohort model to provide enhanced advising and additional resources for students who have been identified as high risk in college completion, Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 4.1 In 2017, the business programs implemented a comprehensive program review process with clear review timelines and program review templates in place. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 5.1 The business programs have Human Resource Staffing plans that are well implemented and fully deployed with measurable faculty hiring goals and faculty development goals Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 5.6 The business programs have a well implemented and fully deployed evaluation process for all faculty and staff personnel. The Center for Learning and Teaching is considered as a best practice in the mentoring and development of new faculty. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 6.1.1 The involvement of alumni and advisory board members in curriculum review and design, as well as instructional support, shows a well developed and fully implemented curriculum process. Categories: Results, Improvements Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Criterion 6.2.1 The library's program redesign to support students in the PGS programs is a strength. An example includes providing library support on a specific day in the late hours to provide students help during peak assignment submission times. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, ImprovementsCriterion 6.3.6 The business programs development of academic key metrics and student success scorecards show a well deployed analytics process. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This Strength was verified on site.Opportunities for Improvement (OFI) (10)Criterion 2.1 The business programs strategic planning process could be strengthened through a more specific statement of goals with measurable benchmarks. Such an approach could lead to a well implemented planning process with a clearer focus on results. Categories: Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 3.1 While the market segment served has been specifically defined, there is an opportunity for the business programs to identify student characteristics that present challenges and require innovative academic programs and services. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 3.4 The business programs could be more timely and effective through the development of an integrated student satisfaction system. Such a combination could provide a larger pool of data results, as well as measurement cost efficiencies. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 4.1 Although there are multiple formative outcome assessment methods identified that are used for program assessment, as the assessment process matures, more summative measures can be adopted to create greater richness of data from which informed programmatic improvements and related decisions can be made. Categories: Approach, Deployment Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 4.2 The business programs report, the minimum, three successive sets of periodic assessment results to identify trends for some assessments. Some internal, formative assessment results do not yet have the required three data points. The collection, review, benchmark comparison, and implementation based on analysis of assessment measures could lead to a well deployed and fully implemented learning outcomes assessment program. Categories: Approach, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 4.3 While the MFT is used as the primary source of comparative measures, there is an opportunity to consider additional methods of data collection for external benchmarks. Categories: Approach Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 5.2 The integration of the business programs adjunct and full time faculty could provide a more robust pool of intellectual and discipline rigor. Such an integration could create a stronger process in the development of curricular planning and review as well as scholarship initiatives across the majors offered by the business programs. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 5.3 The composition of the business programs faculty at current does not include sufficient academic credentials to ensure appropriate emphasis on both business theory and practice to meet program objectives. Further refinement to the human resources faculty hiring/development plan to include projected hiring dates and completion dates of current faculty Doctoral programs, could provide a clearer picture of the timeline for meeting the criterion. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results, Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 5.8 The business program does not demonstrate a reasonable balance of scholarly and professional activities by the faculty as a whole consistent with the stated institutional mission. The development of a more active presentation/scholarly process involving full-time and adjunct faculty could provide a more balanced relationship between professional and scholarly activities. Categories: Approach, Deployment, Results Verified: This OFI was verified on site.Criterion 6.1.7 Student program satisfaction could be evaluated at more touch points throughout the undergraduate and graduate careers. Such an approach could provide more timely data for program review and development. Categories: Improvements Verified: This OFI was verified on site.© 2020 ACBSP. All rights reserved.Powered by Campus Labs
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