Title
Closing the Loop in Assurance of Learning Programs: Current Practices and Future Challenges
Department/School
Ethics and Business Law; Marketing
Date of this version
2013
Document Type
Article
Keywords
AACSB, assessment, assurance of learning standards, closing-the-loop
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2012.697929
Abstract
Although it has been 5 years since the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) expressed the expectation that schools should be demonstrating a high level of maturity implementing their assurance of learning programs, the authors’ results indicate that most accredited programs are in the early stages of developing their closing-the-loop practices. Among assurance of learning leaders there is disagreement as to what constitutes a closing-the-loop activity and there are serious challenges to systematically implementing curricular responses including the time necessary to develop, initiate, and then reevaluate effectiveness. Faculty ownership, a crucial feature of the assurance of learning process, is reported as the number one challenge confronting accredited programs.
Volume
88
Issue
5
Published in
Journal of Education for Business
Citation/Other Information
Rexeisen, R. J., & Garrison, M. J. (2013). Closing the Loop in Assurance of Learning Programs: Current Practices and Future Challenges. Journal of Education for Business, 88(5), 280-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2012.697929