CSUDH MBA headed towards AACSB Accreditation???

It appears that CSUDH, which offers both on-campus and on-line MBA degrees, is aiming at acquiring AACSB accreditation.
http://cbapp.csudh.edu/aacsb/

 

Looks to be, as there current open position says: "Additional responsibilities include maintaining academic or professional qualifications as required by AACSB accreditation standards and the business program’s policies that define academic and professional qualifications of faculty"

 

Pay your tuition in advance...prices will be going up.

 

To check out this idea one could compare current MBA tuition at CSUDH with that at other CSU MBAs that are AACSB accredited. I'm not sure but I believe tuition is standardized across all CSU schools (at least for regular students).

 

They have been seeking AACSB accreditation since at least 2001. I almost enrolled years ago thinking they must be on the cusp of the gold standard and would surely have it by graduation...glad I did not make a mistake.

According to the most recent consultant's report (3/09) on CSUDH's AACSB page:

Sad that after all these years they are still not ready...

 

A New Dean, a New Vision for CBAPP

Man, I can't believe that CSUDH still doesn't have AACSB accreditation but this article gives some hope. But who knows if they'll get in our lifetime.

Curious, so if CSUDH does get AACSB accreditation in the future. Does that mean all the CSUDH grads prior to AACSB accreditation will have AACSB accredited MBA's?

 

They won't, the accreditation isn't retro-active to degrees earned prior to gaining AACSB status.

 

Bummer! Then I guess it's kind of silly for those to attend an MBA program hoping for an AACSB accreditation in the future because this will not benefit their MBA's regardless. Although, I don't think most people would investigate the date that a school received accreditation. I've read quite a bit of posts from different outlets including this forum where some people choose an MBA program based on the possibility of the school gaining an AACSB accreditation in the future. The one that sticks out in my head is somebody choosing UCSD Rady pre AACSB accreditation because this person knew it was just a matter of time before they were accredited. I got to admit I was considering CSUDH myself because of this but obviously they're not a shoo in like UCSD. Oy Vey!

 

This approach will work if the school gets AACSB accreditation before you graduate. Let's say you enroll in a non-AACSB school, they get accredited a year later, and you graduate the year after that. You get an AACSB degree, even though the school wasn't AACSB when you enrolled.

On the other hand, if you graduate the year before the school gets accredited, then you don't get an AACSB degree. But the AACSB "seal of approval" will still tend to improve your school's reputation, and therefore the value of your degree, even though it technically won't apply to your degree.

 

There are 23 campuses in the Cal State University system. Of those, 17 have AACSB accreditation. That leaves only 6 CSUs that don't have it.

The 6 non-AACSB CSUs include the four smallest campuses in the system (Maritime, Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, and Humboldt). Also the three youngest campuses in the system (Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, and San Marcos).

So the non-AACSB CSUs are either small (Maritime, Humboldt), or young (San Marcos), or both small and young (Channel Islands, Monterey Bay).

Except for Dominguez Hills, which is not particularly small and not particularly young. Seems like AACSB accreditation is overdue in this case.