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Faculty Sufficiency
Standard 9 of the Eligibility Procedures and Accreditation Standards for Business Accreditation revised January 31, 2008 AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business states:
The school maintains a faculty sufficient to provide stability and ongoing quality improvement for the instructional programs offered. The deployment of faculty resources reflects the mission and programs….
Faculty serve in the School of Business and Economics in either participating or supporting roles. As noted by our accrediting agency the AACSB “...This distinction categorizes faculty members into those who are participants in the life of the school beyond direct teaching involvement, and those who are not.” AACSB Accreditation Standards require that “...Participating faculty members will deliver at least 75 percent of the school's annual teaching and that normally, participating faculty members will deliver at least 60 percent of the teaching in each discipline, each academic program, and location” (Eligibility Procedures and Accreditation Standards for Business Accreditation, AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, January 31, 2008)
All roster faculty members (including visiting appointments) and those faculty members on adjunct contracts teaching more than two courses are expected to satisfy the SBE requirements for participation. Adjunct faculty teaching two or fewer courses will generally be considered supporting but may be classified as participating by meeting the required criteria. Executives in residence should satisfy the requirements for participating with exceptions as noted by their department chair.
AACSB Definitions
A participating faculty member actively engages in the activities of the school in matters beyond direct teaching responsibilities. Such matters might include policy decisions, educational directions, advising, research, and service commitments. The faculty member may participate in the governance of the school, and be eligible to serve as a member on appropriate committees that engage in academic policymaking and/or other decisions. The individual may participate in a variety of non-class activities such as directing extracurricular activity, providing academic and career advising, and representing the school on institutional committees. The school considers the faculty member to be a long-term member of the faculty regardless of whether or not the appointment is of a full-time or part-time nature, regardless of whether or not the position with the school is considered the faculty member’s principal employment, and regardless of whether or not the school has tenure policies. The individual may be eligible for, and participate in, faculty development activities and take non-teaching assignments for such activities as advising as appropriate to the faculty role as defined at the school.
A supporting faculty member does not, as a rule, participate in the intellectual or operational life of the school beyond the direct performance of teaching responsibilities. Usually, a supporting faculty member does not have deliberative or involvement rights on faculty issues, have membership on faculty committees, nor is the individual assigned responsibilities beyond direct teaching functions (i.e., classroom and office hours). A supporting faculty member’s appointment is normally exclusively teaching responsibilities and is normally an ad hoc appointment, for one term or one academic year at a time without the expectation of continuation.
(Eligibility Procedures and Accreditation Standards for Business Accreditation , AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, January 31, 2008)
Required Activities
In the school of Business and Economics the following activities are required for classification as participating.
Participating faculty are expected to engage in each of the activities below on a continuing basis
- Satisfactorily advising students as assigned by the department
- Regular attendance and participation at departmental meetings
- Regular attendance and participation at SBE faculty meetings
- Serving on Department, College, or University committees as requested
- Participating in curriculum development
- Mentoring students
Other activities can be accepted with the approval of the department chair and the Dean.
(Above criteria developed from those provided by Kennesaw State University and Wichita State University.)
Faculty members are expected to provide documentation of their activities for qualification as Participating Faculty as part of their annual Faculty Activity Report. The chair will certify each faculty member as participating or supporting as part of the review (included as service activities) and for accreditation documentation.
Table 9-1 documents the deployment of participating and supporting faculty. Faculty are listed by academic discipline and teaching is delineated by courses taught.