POLICY:

Appointments to teach in the Masters in Business Administration program are determined by the MBA Faculty Credentials Committee. The Dean of the College of Business and Economics shall select the members of the MBA Faculty Credentials Committee from the faculty in the College of Business and Economics. The MBA Faculty Credential Committee shall make appointments to teach consistent with University policy and with standards of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Individuals given affiliate or adjunct appointments shall meet the ACBSP standards for minimum qualifications. Regular Graduate Faculty appointments shall be made only for individuals who are doctorally qualified or professionally qualified as defined by ACBSP standards in effect at the time of the appointment.

ACBSP Standards (effective June 1992):

Standard: Faculty Qualifications

At least 80 percent of the undergraduate credit hours sponsored by the business school or program must be taught by doctorally or professionally qualified faculty members. At least 40 percent of the undergraduate credit hours sponsored by the business school or program must be taught by doctorally qualified faculty members.

At least 90 percent of the graduate credit hours sponsored by the business school or program must be taught by doctorally or professionally qualified faculty members. At least 70 percent of the graduate credit hours sponsored by the business school or program must be taught by doctorally qualified faculty members.

Definition and Rationale:

This is a threshold standard. ACBSP considers it essential that each accredited institution possess a high quality faculty capable of providing opportunities for student learning and performing professional and scholarly activities appropriate to student and community (local, national, and global) needs. It recognizes that this requires extensive faculty preparation, including but not limited to the holding of graduate degrees in business fields. It recognizes the importance of collateral fields such as computer science, education, engineering, law, and the social sciences. It recognizes the importance of managerial and technical experience in the development of faculty members as well as their scholarly work. Finally, it recognizes that preparation for effective teaching is a life-long task and that such preparation, emphasizing content as well as pedagogic skills, is enhanced by the teaching experience itself which can be effectively evaluated and documented.

For the purposes of evaluating the portfolio of faculty members to determine compliance with the above standards, the following definitions apply:

To be considered doctorally qualified at the undergraduate level, a faculty member may:

(1) hold an earned doctorate in a field of business with a major, minor or concentration in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities; or

(2) hold an earned doctorate in a field of business and also be professionally qualified in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities; or

(3) hold a Juris Doctorate and teach in the areas of legal environment of business and/or business law; or

(4) hold a Juris doctorate and a business-related Master's degree and teach in the areas of legal environment of business, business law, and/or another area that contains significant legal content; or

(5) hold a Juris Doctorate and be a CPA and teach in the areas of legal environment and/or accounting; or

(6) hold an earned "out of field" doctorate (including the Juris Doctorate degree), along with a sufficient combination of additional course work, professional experience, scholarly achievements, and extensive and substantial documented successful teaching experience at the college level in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities.

To be considered doctorally qualified at the graduate level, a faculty member may:

(1) hold an earned doctorate with a major in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities; or

(2) hold a doctorate in a field of business and have a sufficient combination of additional course work, professional experience, and/or scholarly achievements in the area of assigned teaching responsibility to be considered equivalent to a doctorate in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities; or

(3) hold an out-of-field earned doctorate and have a sufficient combination of course work, professional experience, and/or scholarly achievements to be considered equivalent to a doctorate in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities.

For the purposes of determining the percent of student credit hours taught by professionally qualified faculty the following definitions will apply:

To be considered professionally qualified, a faculty member may:

(1) be A.B.D. (i.e. has completed all course work required for a Ph.D. in business or D.B.A., passed the general exams, but has not completed a dissertation) with a major, minor or concentration in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities; or

(2) holds a Master's degree in a business-related field and professional certification (i.e., C.P.A., C.D.P., C.M.A., P.H.R., etc.) appropriate to his or her assigned teaching responsibilities; or

(3) hold a Masters degree in a business-related field and have five or more years of professional and management experience in work directly related to his or her assigned teaching responsibilities and have extensive and substantial documented successful teaching experience in the area of assigned teaching responsibilities and demonstrate involvement in meaningful research and/or programs for the enhancement of pedagogical skills; or

(4) have completed a special post-graduate training program (ACBSP approved) especially designed to improve the faculty member's knowledge and teaching skills in the area of the assigned teaching responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications: The minimum qualifications for a faculty member must include a Master's degree in a field appropriate to the assigned teaching responsibilities. An institution may make an exception to this minimum requirement only in emergency cases or special situations where the faculty member has unique qualifications that meet a specialized need.