May 9, 2003

New Accreditation Rules Give Business Schools More Leeway on Faculty Hiring

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Business schools will have more flexibility to determine who is qualified to teach, but also a new burden of proving what students have learned, under new accreditation standards approved last month.

The revised standards were the featured attraction at the annual meeting of AACSB International: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, which drew 1,200 participants from 40 countries. The standards were approved overwhelmingly, by a voice vote, despite concerns by some