SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Appropriate Strategic Planning | |
| Identify the necessary resources to accommodate expected growth. Associated Goals: Lead The College In Appropriate Strategic Planning And Management |
| Indicator | Strategic Plan COBA in concert with the Strategic Management Advisory Committee will review and modify the Strategic Plan. |
| Criteria | Strategic Plan A written strategic plan is developed for 2007 - 2008. |
| Finding | Strategic Plan The Executive Committee reviewed and modified the Strategic Plan to address current items identified by this committee and those recommended by the Strategic Management Advisory Committee. |
| Action | Strategic Plan The College of Business Administration Strategic Planning Committee will reappoint the Strategic Management Advisory Committee with the charge to expand on several aspects of the report and to present the report for 2008 - 2009 to the college committee. |
| Objective | External Funding | |
Associated Goals: Lead The College In Appropriate Strategic Planning And Management |
| Indicator | Amount Of Non-state Funding COBA will pursue additional external/Non-state funds for unrestricted purposes and scholarships. |
| Criteria | External Funding COBA will obtain at least $1,000,000 in non-state funding through various development efforts. |
| Finding | External Funding During the academic year 2007 - 2008 the College of Business Administration obtained in excess of $1,400,000 in external funding for unrestricted and scholarship purposes and scholarships. |
| Action | External Funding The College of Business Administration will continue to obtain external funds for unrestricted and scholarship purposes. The goal will be established following review of current donors and anticipated need. |
| Objective | Teaching, Research And Service Expectations | |
| COBA faculty will meet or exceed expectations related to teaching, research, and service. Associated Goals: Lead The College In Appropriate Strategic Planning And Management, Seek And Maintain Appropriate Mission-Driven Faculty |
| Indicator | Effective Researcher Effective research will be determined by acceptable scores on FES 3. COBA departments will define and measure effective research using FES 3 scores and other departmentally appropriate research measures. |
| Criteria | Effective Researcher All four departments in COBA will define effective research using the FES 3 Form, evaluate each faculty member, and report those findings to the Dean''''s Office. |
| Finding | Effective Researcher All departments established and met those goals for 2007. |
| Indicator | Effective Service Provider Effective service is defined by acceptable scores on FES4. COBA departments will define and measure effective service using FES 4 scores and other departmentally appropriate service measures. |
| Criteria | Effective Service Provider All four departments in COBA will define effective service using the FES Forms 4, evaluate each faculty member, and report those findings to the Dean''''s Office. |
| Finding | Effective Service Provider All departments in the College established and met the goals which were established. |
| Indicator | Effective Teacher Effective teaching will be determined by acceptable scores on the IDEA and FES teaching evaluations. COBA departments will define and measure effective teaching using IDEA and FES scores. |
| Criteria | Effective Teacher All four departments in COBA will define effective teaching using the IDEA and FES forms, evaluate each faculty member, and report those findings to the Dean''''s Office. |
| Finding | Effective Teacher All departments in the College established goals for the determination of an effective teacher. All goals were met for 2007. |
| Action | Teaching, Research And Service Expectations The College will review and modify as appropriate the FES forms and the departments will review the expectations at that level. |
| Objective | The College's Image | |
| Enhance the College's image and its impact on its stakeholders. Associated Goals: Lead The College In Appropriate Strategic Planning And Management |
| Indicator | AACSB International Accreditation |
| Criteria | Maintain AACSB Accreditation Monitor and maintain compliance as demonstrated in COBA''s Annual Reports. |
| Finding | AACSB International Accreditation During the 2007 - 2008 academic year the College of Business Administration reviewed faculty performance, student performance, and curriculum development to assure compliance with AACSB International accreditation requirements. The College of Business Administration is completing and will distribute to stakeholders the COBA Annual Report for 2007 - 2008. |
| Indicator | COBA Career Fair The College of Business will hold a career fair each spring to attract employers to recruit COBA students for internships and employment. |
| Criteria | Companies Represented at COBA Career Fair At least 50 companies will participate in the COBA Career Fair. |
| Finding | COBA Career Fair The College of Business Administration conducted its annual career fair on February 19, 2008. 950 students attended the 2008 career fair to visit with 65 companies who participated. |
| Indicator | College Image Enhancement Events/Programs COBA will attend and initiate events to enhance exposure of the College to stakeholders. |
| Criteria | Increase the Quantity and Quality of Public Relations Events The College of Business Administration will increase the quantity and quality of public relations events that enhance the College''s image. |
| Finding | College Image Enhancement Events/Programs COBA was promoted through the following events: The COBA Hall of Honor; Business Week Cover Program; COBA Pride Newsletter (2 editions); Journal of Business Strategies; Brochures promoting the College, Banking and Financial Institutions, Human Resource Management, PGA/PGM, Smith-Hutson scholarship programs; COBA Annual Report; COBA Academic Awards Program; Executive-in-Residence Program; booth at HR Symposium; Saturdays at Sam; attendance at alumni events; Economics and International Business initiated a departmental newsletter; and departments have begun the development of improved websites. |
| Indicator | Participation At Professional Meetings Faculty will attend and present at professional conferences and meetings to enhance the college's image. |
| Criteria | Number of Faculty Presentations at Professional Meetings COBA Faculty will present at least 100 papers at professional meetings. |
| Finding | Participation at Professional Meetings During the calendar 2007 (our reporting time frame) the faculty of the College of Business presented 110 papers at professional meetings. |
| Action | COBA Career Fair The College will review options for expanding the number of companies who can participate in the COBA Career Fair. |
| Action | Participation at Professional Meetings COBA will fund additional travel to professional meetings to increase the number of presentations to 120. COBA faculty will be encouraged to seek offices in regional, national, and international professional organizations. |
| Action | Public Relations Events COBA will continue to expand and improve the quality of programs/events that enhance the image of the College. Each of the departments not currently publishing a newsletter will attempt to do so. |
| Objective | Relevant Curriculum | |
| COBA academic programs will maintain a curriculum relevant to today’s business environment. Associated Goals: Provide Quality Academic Programs |
| Indicator | Curriculum Review Departments and degree programs in COBA will be regularly reviewed by appropriate faculty committees. |
| Criteria | Curriculum Review Each department in COBA will provide the Dean''s Office with a copy of the proceedings of meetings of the various departmental curriculum committees. |
| Finding | Curriculum Review During the academic year 2007 - 2008 the departments in the College of Business Administration provided the Dean''s Office with the copies of the proceedings of curriculum committee deliberations. |
| Indicator | Curriculum Review Departmental curriculum reports will be submitted to the College Curriculum Committee. |
| Criteria | Curriculum Review Each department in COBA will provide the Dean''s Office with a copy of the proceedings of meetings of the various departmental curriculum committees. |
| Finding | Curriculum Review Curriculum Committees in the departments in the College of Business Administration submitted reports to the College Curriculum Committee. |
| Action | Relevant Curriculum The College of Business Administration will continue to review all programs and individual curricula each year during the spring and summer semesters in preparation for the reports required during the fall semesters. Minutes of committee meetings and a Curriculum Report will be provided by each department. The College will review all programs and majors in an effort to maintain a relevant curriculum that meets the needs of the businesses that hire our graduates. |
| Objective | Student Retention | |
| Ensure students have the support for the successful and timely completion of their academic program as well as supporting the University's retention efforts. Associated Goals: Provide Quality Academic Programs, Recruit, Develop, Retain, And Graduate Quality Students |
| Indicator | Student Intervention Provide a proactive approach to helping students succeed. |
| Criteria | First Alert Program Increase, by 10% from last year, the number of COBA faculty members who refer failing students to the First Alert Program in the SAM Center. |
| Finding | First Alert Program COBA faculty referred 123 students to the Sam Center under the First Alert Program. |
| Criteria | MAP Referrals All suspended students who are 15 or more grade points deficient and are readmitted on probation will be referred to the MAP program in the SAM Center. |
| Finding | MAP Program During the 2007 - 2008 academic year the College of Business Administration referred 51 students to the MAP Program in the SAM Center. This was not all of the business students who had been readmitted on probation but did represent an increase from the preceding year. |
| Criteria | Tutoring Programs Tutoring will be made available for 60% of business core classes. |
| Finding | Tutoring Programs Tutoring was available for 50% of the business core classes. |
| Action | First Alert Program The College of Business Administration will continue to encourage faculty to refer students with academic/attendance issues to the SAM Center through the First Alert Program. |
| Action | MAP Program The administrative officers of COBA will attempt to increase the number of readmitted students referred to the MAP Program. COBA will increase by at least 50% the number referred in 2007 - 2008. |
| Action | Tutoring Programs Provide tutoring for MIS388, GBA281 and/or MGT475 to increase the proportion of business core classes for which this service is provided. |
| Objective | Incoming Students | |
| Higher quality students allows for a richer educational experience. COBA will seek to increase the quality of incoming students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Associated Goals: Recruit, Develop, Retain, And Graduate Quality Students |
| Indicator | Graduate Admissions Standards The percent of graduate students who are admitted to the graduate programs under the secondary admissions. |
| Criteria | Graduate Admissions Standards Less than 25% of graduate program applicants who do not meet the admissions formula will be admitted through the secondary admissions process. |
| Finding | Graduate Admissions Standards Forty percent (4 of 10) of the graduate students who did not meet the admissions requirements, but did meet the eligibility requirements of submission to the graduate admissions committee, were admitted to the graduate programs. the quality of those admitted was significantly greater than the past applicants. |
| Indicator | Undergraduate Admissions Standards Percent of undergraduate students who possess the requisite lower-level classes to enroll in upper-division classes. |
| Criteria | Undergraduate Admissions Standards At least 95 percent of the students entering upper division courses will have completed the appropriate lower-division courses with at least a 2.0 GPA. |
| Finding | Undergraduate Admissions Standards Currently this data is unavailable in a useable format and would be too difficult to process manually. |
| Action | Graduate Admissions Standards During the next academic year the Graduate Advisory committee will review admissions standards including the eligibility for committee review. |
| Action | Incoming Students The College is in the process of developing a separate admissions procedure for undergraduate majors. A Committee will be appointed to provide evaluation of the processes developed by the Executive Committee. This process will formalize the current guidelines and requirements for enrollment in upper-division business classes. Additionally, efforts will be made to have a program developed that will process this data electronically. |
| Objective | Placement Of Graduates | |
| The quality of our graduates and programs is reflected in our graduates' success in locating employment. Associated Goals: Recruit, Develop, Retain, And Graduate Quality Students |
| Indicator | Employment Percentage of graduating seniors who indicate they have secured employment on the EBI Undergraduate Business Exit Assessment. |
| Criteria | Employment At least 30% of graduating seniors responding to the EBI survey will have been offered an employment opportunity. |
| Finding | Employment 45% of the graduating seniors responding to the EBI Undergraduate Business Exit Assessment indicated that they had been offered a position at the survey date. Of this group 25% had accepted jobs, 12% had not decided and 6% had declined the offers. |
| Action | Placement of Graduates The College is in the process of developing an internal career center and has applied for an external grant to aid in the development of that center. |
| Objective | Student Retention | |
| Ensure students have the support for the successful and timely completion of their academic program as well as supporting the University's retention efforts. Associated Goals: Provide Quality Academic Programs, Recruit, Develop, Retain, And Graduate Quality Students |
| Indicator | Student Intervention Provide a proactive approach to helping students succeed. |
| Criteria | First Alert Program Increase, by 10% from last year, the number of COBA faculty members who refer failing students to the First Alert Program in the SAM Center. |
| Finding | First Alert Program COBA faculty referred 123 students to the Sam Center under the First Alert Program. |
| Criteria | MAP Referrals All suspended students who are 15 or more grade points deficient and are readmitted on probation will be referred to the MAP program in the SAM Center. |
| Finding | MAP Program During the 2007 - 2008 academic year the College of Business Administration referred 51 students to the MAP Program in the SAM Center. This was not all of the business students who had been readmitted on probation but did represent an increase from the preceding year. |
| Criteria | Tutoring Programs Tutoring will be made available for 60% of business core classes. |
| Finding | Tutoring Programs Tutoring was available for 50% of the business core classes. |
| Action | First Alert Program The College of Business Administration will continue to encourage faculty to refer students with academic/attendance issues to the SAM Center through the First Alert Program. |
| Action | MAP Program The administrative officers of COBA will attempt to increase the number of readmitted students referred to the MAP Program. COBA will increase by at least 50% the number referred in 2007 - 2008. |
| Action | Tutoring Programs Provide tutoring for MIS388, GBA281 and/or MGT475 to increase the proportion of business core classes for which this service is provided. |
| Objective | Faculty Composition | |
| The composition of the college’s faculty will reflect the mission of the college and be sufficient to maintain AACSB International accreditation. Associated Goals: Seek And Maintain Appropriate Mission-Driven Faculty |
| Indicator | Academically And Professionally Qualified Faculty Percent of classes taught by Academically Qualified and by both Academically Qualified and Professionally Qualified faculty. |
| Criteria | Academically Qualified faculty At least fifty percent of all classes must be taught by Academically Qualified faculty. |
| Finding | Academically Qualified Faculty For the 2007 - 2008 academic year 74.71% of classes were taught by Academically Qualified faculty. |
| Criteria | Academically and Professionally Qualified faculty At least ninety percent of all classes must be taught by Academically or Professionally Qualified faculty. |
| Finding | Academically and Professionally Qualified Faculty During the 2007 - 2008 academic year 81.03% of classes were taught by faculty who were either Academically or Professionally Qualified. |
| Action | Faculty Composition The College will continue to make efforts to maintain Academically Qualified faculty and to reach the require 90% Professionally Qualified faculty to meet AACSB International requirements. Faculty who are not Professionally Qualified will be mentored to do research, obtain additional education, or other factors which will help them accomplish that goal. |
| Objective | Teaching, Research And Service Expectations | |
| COBA faculty will meet or exceed expectations related to teaching, research, and service. Associated Goals: Lead The College In Appropriate Strategic Planning And Management, Seek And Maintain Appropriate Mission-Driven Faculty |
| Indicator | Effective Researcher Effective research will be determined by acceptable scores on FES 3. COBA departments will define and measure effective research using FES 3 scores and other departmentally appropriate research measures. |
| Criteria | Effective Researcher All four departments in COBA will define effective research using the FES 3 Form, evaluate each faculty member, and report those findings to the Dean''''s Office. |
| Finding | Effective Researcher All departments established and met those goals for 2007. |
| Indicator | Effective Service Provider Effective service is defined by acceptable scores on FES4. COBA departments will define and measure effective service using FES 4 scores and other departmentally appropriate service measures. |
| Criteria | Effective Service Provider All four departments in COBA will define effective service using the FES Forms 4, evaluate each faculty member, and report those findings to the Dean''''s Office. |
| Finding | Effective Service Provider All departments in the College established and met the goals which were established. |
| Indicator | Effective Teacher Effective teaching will be determined by acceptable scores on the IDEA and FES teaching evaluations. COBA departments will define and measure effective teaching using IDEA and FES scores. |
| Criteria | Effective Teacher All four departments in COBA will define effective teaching using the IDEA and FES forms, evaluate each faculty member, and report those findings to the Dean''''s Office. |
| Finding | Effective Teacher All departments in the College established goals for the determination of an effective teacher. All goals were met for 2007. |
| Action | Teaching, Research And Service Expectations The College will review and modify as appropriate the FES forms and the departments will review the expectations at that level. |