KU students call for St. Patrick’s Day protest against Corbett’s cuts

I just got word that some KU students have initiated a call for a protest next Thursday, March 17th — that’s right St. Patrick’s Day! — in opposition to Governor Corbett’s Higher Education Cuts.  You can find details on their facebook event site, but here’s the basics: Protest Governor Corbett’s Higher Education Cuts WHEN: St. [...]

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And the debate over AACSB continues–Now in the Chronicle

And yet another round of debate about AACSB accreditation in The Chronicle of Higher Education.  This one features Kutztown’s very own, Ken Ehrensal. Accreditor Re-Ignites Debate Over Business-School Faculty Credentials

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days like this

It’s cold and rainy.  A sure sign that fall is well on its way to Eastern PA. After spending the morning reading and writing, I headed over to the Graduate Center for a meeting with the Director of the Office of Assessment, Gil Clary.  I was meeting in my capacity as the coordinator of composition [...]

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just when you thought it was safe to stop talking about AACSB

So. As if we don’t have enough on our plate as it is.  President Cevallos is pursuing retrenchment, while remaining committed to funding the College of Business’s AACSB accreditation aspirations.  Or, should I say, President Cevallos’s aspirations for the College of Business. President Cevallos’s choice to continue to pursue AACSB accreditation in light of the [...]

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that job description we keep hearing about

As most readers of the XChange know, Kutztown University President, Javier Cevallos has frequently mentioned (at least since his meeting with the Board of Trustees) AACSB accreditation being #1 in his job description.  Given that Cevallos has used his job description as support for his lack of agency in doing anything but moving forward with [...]

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notes on Cevallos’s case for AACSB: Claim #1

One of the most frustrating aspects of the recent College of Business, AACSB roller coaster has been some of the claims and statements made by KU President Cevallos.  Some of these claims were made in his email to College of Business faculty, others were made at public meetings. It’s not that he is simply making [...]

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quick update on College of Business

“Cevallos” held a meeting today with the faculty of the College of Business to tell them of the adminstration’s plans to move forward with AACSB accreditation.  I put “Cevallos” in quotes, because he began the meeting repeating what he said about the Council of Trustees ordering him to proceed and there was nothing he could [...]

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college of business reorganization analysis

As I mentioned a few posts ago, several faculty members from the College of Business sent Cevallos emails concerning AACSB accreditation after Cevallos asked for further faculty input at the Thursday, 12/3 lunch-time meeting.  I asked several of those faculty members if I could post some of their emails here. Robert Derstine, a professor of [...]

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on shared governance and rational planning

A few days have passed since my last post and a host of new voices have weighed in on the latest news that Cevallos is proceeding with the current AACSB accreditation plan.  Cevallos closed out his email to College of Business faculty by saying, “we must move forward immediately in our pursuit of AACSB accreditation [...]

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…and so it goes

The latest chapter in the College of Business drama?  Well, today I had hoped to post a little summary of the discussion at the President Cevallos’s meeting with the College of Business faculty on Thursday, Dec. 3.  This was the meeting that Cevallos billed as the “Pros and Cons” meeting regarding the immediate push for [...]

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OK, folks…it took almost a week, but we finally have a statement from President Cevallos about the administration’s intentions regarding the Chancellor’s remarks regarding College of Business accreditation.  As you’ll recall, the Chancellor made it clear that any move forward toward accreditation needed to be part of a shared governance process.  Here’s what Cevallos wrote [...]

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Latest email from APSCUF-KU President to Faculty

From: Quinn, Paul Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 20:55 To: Faculty Subject: College of Business Accreditation Fellow Faculty, I wanted to provide you with a brief update regarding the College of Business and the remarks made by PASSHE Chancellor Cavanaugh on Wednesday.  As you may or may not recall, the recent reorganization of the College [...]

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Chancellor says: info regarding change in mandate shared in September

One additional piece of information regarding when the Chancellor’s office announced changes in the mandate for College of Business accreditation.  Here’s what the Chancellor says: From: Cavanaugh, John [jcavanaugh@passhe.edu] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:04 PM To: Quinn, Paul Subject: AACSB update My memory failed in relation to state Meet and Discuss. I went back and checked and it’s in the minutes [...]

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PaSSHE Chancellor reponds to APSCUF-KU’s questions regarding College of Business

Hey everyone.  New information about the College of Business.  APSCUF-KU President, Paul Quinn has been trying to get concrete information regarding new PaSSHE policy regarding AACSB accreditation.  Below you will find Paul’s questions to the Chancellor and the Chancellor’s responses.  The Chancellor’s responses are in BLUE: From: Cavanaugh, John To: Quinn, Paul Sent: Friday, November [...]

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clarifying statement from PaSSHE chancellor

Just in case their is any question about what the Chancellor’s meaning was when he stated on Wednesday there was no mandate for AACSB accreditation in the College of Business, I wanted to post this.  Paul and Ken (APSCUF-KU President and Vice President) were sent this email this morning from the Chancellor.  They forwarded it [...]

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COB up for discussion

OK, day one of APSCUF-KU XChange and I’ve already received a request from one of our members to put up an issue for discussion.  Here’s the email from Thomas Grant, Associate Professor of Accounting (posted here with his permission): Kevin, If you are going to be “putting up content for discussion”, how about floating this [...]

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