Written by: Nancy Bagranoff
Published by: AACSB Blog
MBA News Digest Comment: None.
Extracted Content: The proposed 2020 standards refer to business education consumers as “learners” rather than “students”—a deliberate shift that goes beyond just language.
AACSB’s 2020 business accreditation standards include four standards on learner success. These four standards cover the educational path from the time a learner is admitted to a business education program through graduation, and beyond. The first of these standards, Standard 4, addresses curriculum, directing schools to promote and foster innovation, experiential learning, a lifelong learning mindset, and societal impact. Standard 5 requires schools to use both direct and indirect measures in their assurance of learning processes. Standard 6 ensures that educational consumers are fairly admitted and provided with the support needed to achieve success and attain desired outcomes, whether for careers or further study. The last standard in this section, Standard 7, focuses on teaching quality and teaching impact on learner success.