Rowan University’s William G. Rohrer College of Business (RCB) received reaccreditation in June through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), an international organization that applies rigorous standards to all facets of business education.
RCB Acting Dean Dr Morris Kalliny said the AACSB reaccreditation, which must be carried out every five years, looked at all aspects of the college’s operation, including teaching and research, program of study, the relevance of diplomas on the job market and the societal impact of the college.
“The reaccreditation is a reflection of everything you offer,” Kalliny said.
The college, which celebrated in 2022-2023 the 50th birthday of its creation, has been rewarded over the last two years by The Princeton Review for its entrepreneurship program which is among the the 50 best in the United States.
RCB offers a wide range of undergraduate degree programs in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, human resources, management, management information systems (MIS), marketing, supply chain and logistics, as well as a popular MBA and flexible and a master’s degree in finance.
Although AACSB accreditation is voluntary (fewer than six percent of schools offering business degree programs hold AACSB business accreditation), it is an objective measure of a college that examines, among other things factors, a school’s mission and its ability to provide the highest quality programs. , Kalliny said.
He noted that in addition to AACSB accreditation, RCB is accredited by ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, for its undergraduate MIS program.
“We are one of the few U.S. business schools to hold both AACSB and ABET accreditation,” Kalliny said.
AACSB accreditation included a comprehensive on-campus review by three independent deans from other institutions.
Kalliny said reaccreditation is useful internally because it requires administrators, department chairs and faculty to continually review and improve college-wide operations such as research, classroom courses, teaching opportunities. mentoring and special programs.
But, he says, after achieving reaccreditation, there is no time to rest.
“Now the process starts again,” he said.
