Important Changes to Excelsior Business Degrees

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My advisor at EC informed me that the Business Program is now accredited by the IACBE (International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education). Here's a link to the Excelsior page at the IACBE web site. Pretty interesting stuff.

Check out the photo of, assumably, the EC staff. Quite a diverse group. Also, the IACBE notes two areas for future improvement:

Principle 1.0: Outcomes Assessment
Principle 4.1: Faculty Qualifications

I believe that they're looking for more feedback from graduates and, perhaps, their employers in Principle 1.0, and Principle 4.1 sounds to me like they would like to see EC employ more folks with doctorates. I assume that one way to keep costs managable is to hire qualified teachers who may not be the most credentialed available--but can still get the job done. You hardly need someone with a doctorate to teach some of the introductory courses they offer, but, I'm sure it looks better to everyone when your teachers and staff have a long list of credentials.

No formal announcement from EC yet. Maybe next month?

In any event, as I posted earlier, some program accreditation (in addition to RA) is better than none, and while the IACBE isn't the top of the heap--I'll still be glad to have it.

Does anyone know if the TESC Business Program is accredited?