wading back into work

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been spending time with my family, refinishing my deck (for which the weather has NOT cooperated), doing house repairs, and, basically, reflecting upon this past year as I prepare to enter my 8th year at Kutztown.  I have to admit that this past year has taken a significant [...]

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updates from APSCUF-KU meet and discuss

Hey all.  Once again I am bringing you my notes from our local Meet and Discuss on Tuesday, May 4th.  And, once again, I will issue the disclaimer that these are not the “official minutes.”  These are notes that I took at the meeting and then revised. Here’s a quick look at a few of [...]

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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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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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APSCUF President Steve Hicks on Chancellor’s announcement

Earlier tonight, Helen Bieber wrote to APSCUF State Exec and Steve Hicks (for those of you who don’t know, Helen is at KU and is also APSCUF State Secretary) about the Chancellor’s comments last night. Helen asked: The Chancellor was on campus on Wednesday and in a Q&A session said that campuses were not being [...]

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PaSSHE Chancellor Announcement re: Business School

I wake this morning with my Irish up as strong as it was before I went to bed.  Here is the Chair of Accounting and Finance, Keshav Gupta’s, account of what the Chancellor said last night at the open faculty meeting @ KU: At today’s meeting with PASSHE Chancellor, Dr. Cavanaugh, I asked the following [...]

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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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