School of Business Administration (SBA) submitted its second AACSB progress report in February 2024 and received final feedback from the Initial Accreditation Committee (IAC) at the end of June. In order to advance AACSB international accreditation, our school held the third round of the continuous improvement promotion meetings.
On the morning of 3rd July, Director of the International Accreditation Office, Wu Yingna, and Mr. Chen Ke and Ms. Zhu Yanzhen of the International Accreditation Office held an online accreditation exchange meeting with AACSB International Accreditation South Asia Regional Head, Ms. Amy Memon. The meeting thoroughly analysed IAC's feedback on our second AACSB progress report and clarified the direction for the revision of the third progress report.
Online meeting with Ms Amy Memon, AACSB International Accreditation South Asia Regional Head
On the afternoon of 3rd July, the third round of AACSB International Accreditation Continuous Improvement Meeting was held, which was attended by all faculty from the International Accreditation Compliance Team, Assurance of Learning (AoL), and all members of the International Accreditation Office. The meeting discussed the recent revision of AACSB International Accreditation Standards, especially the extension of the accreditation cycle from the original 5 years to 6 years. Then, based on IAC's feedback on our second AACSB progress report, Director Wu Yingna elaborated on the issues that should be paid special attention to when writing the third progress report. Afterwards, the teachers determined the revised programme and work plan for the AoL assessment.
International Accreditation Compliance Team and AoL held the third round of AACSB International Accreditation Continuous Improvement Meeting
On the morning of 5th July, Director Wu Yingna, Associate Professor Wang Junjie of the Standard 3 Working Group, Associate Professor Yan Wencheng of the Standard 5 Working Group, and all the members of the International Accreditation Office had an online exchange with AACSB International Accreditation Mentor Hsu Pingyu. The meeting focused on IAC's feedback and discussed the solutions that our school has developed in response to this feedback and suggestions.
Online exchange with AACSB International Accreditation Mentor Hsu Pingyu
Based on the feedback from IAC, the school will make continuous improvement according to the latest standards and requirements of AACSB Business Accreditation, strive to pass the accreditation Initial Self Evaluation Report (iSER) as soon as possible, and initiate the on-site visit of AACSB accreditation experts.