Public Notification of Accreditation
Once program accreditation has been granted by the IACBE, an institution must denote this status on its website and in its catalog and official publications, and may denote it in its advertising. The form of notice and specific permissible language are prescribed by the IACBE. Such notice should, in all cases, clearly delineate the name of the business programs that are accredited.
The form of notice that must be used on the institution’s website and in its catalog and other official publications is provided below:
[Institution’s name] has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), located in Lenexa, Kansas, USA. The business programs in the following degrees are accredited by the IACBE:
- Doctor of [Philosophy, Business Administration, etc.] in [list of fields] with concentrations/emphases in [list of concentrations/emphases] (if applicable)
- Master of [Business Administration, Science, Arts, etc.] [list of fields] with concentrations/emphases in [list of concentrations/emphases] (if applicable)
- Bachelor of [Business Administration, Science, Arts, etc.] in [list of majors] with concentrations/emphases in [list of concentrations/emphases] (if applicable)
- Associate of [Science, Arts, etc.] in [list of majors] with concentrations/emphases in [list of concentrations/emphases] (if applicable)
Public Disclosure of Student Learning Information
In order to make informed educational decisions, various stakeholders of the institution, including current and potential students and their families, employers, governmental entities, and other members of the public who may have an interest in the institution, are entitled to have access to information pertaining to the quality of the business programs of the academic business unit. Consequently, the IACBE requires its accredited members to be accountable to the public for student learning outcomes in their business programs.
Therefore, once program accreditation has been granted by the IACBE, an academic business unit must publicly disclose information pertaining to the degree of student achievement in its IACBE-accredited business programs. In addition, the institution must indicate in its catalog the ways in which the public may access this information. At a minimum, the academic business unit must make student achievement data available on the unit’s or the institution’s website, but it should also make this information available in hard-copy form should it be requested by any member of the public.
A recommended example for the form of notice of public disclosure that must appear in the institution’s catalog is provided below:
Information pertaining to student learning and achievement in the business programs accredited by the IACBE can be obtained by visiting [our and/or the academic business unit’s] website at [website address] or by contacting [the registrar’s office, coordinator of assessment, director of institutional research, head of the academic business unit, etc.] at [address, phone number, etc.].
The IACBE recommends that this notice of public disclosure appear in the institution’s catalog immediately following the public notification of accreditation.
A template for a suggested reporting form for publicly disclosing student learning and achievement information and an example of a completed form are provided below.
> Public Disclosure of Student Learning Form (DOC)
> Example of a Completed Public Disclosure of Student Learning Form (PDF)
For information about alternative ways to disclose student learning information, please contact IACBE World Headquarters.
