"AACSB-approved schools must employ a certain number of qualified faculty, which some for-profit centers view as unnecessary. "A school with a nontraditional model has a harder time justifying that the model meets our quality standards," says Milton Blood, managing director of accreditation services at AACSB. " That is an interesting quote from the article!!!
It's really irksome that Business Week still lists Robert Kennedy College and Rushmore U. on the distance learning B-school list. Grr.
Personally I like the following quotes: Interesting that the AACSBs idea of "qualified faculty" wasn't good enough for SACS with regards to Florida Atlantic University. I don't see Nova Southeastern University in any trouble wiht SACS. Just my opinion
Don't get me started about SACS! Their requirements are senselessly strict in some areas. There's far too little leniency in the rule requiring eighteen postgraduate hours in the specific subject an instructor is teaching. At one point we wanted to hire a guy with a PhD in Biochemistry. He was interested in being an adjunct instructor of introductory biology courses, and we were very lucky to get him. Turns out we couldn't hire him. Even though his CV was as long as my arm, his transcripts didn't have enough "BIO" courses on it. Biochemistry wasn't close enough. It was truly ridiculous. So much for the theory that regional accreditation equals quality assurance -- that was an instance where regional accreditation reduced quality. -=Steve=-
bummer - the list of 60 schools doesn't mention CSU-DH MBA program. Definitely better than UoP's on-line (or B&M) MBA program. Anyone enrolled at Keller? Whoa! Very expensive program.
I have heard others say the same thing. Know a guy that is an IT guru with an MBA (AACSB) and 21 graduate level credits in IT related subjects. All RA. Yet he cannot teach IT at the college level since the credits are in MIS, IT, and E-commerce. Crazy Just my opinion
