CSB Accreditation 

Your contribution and dedication have played a pivotal role in the College of Business's remarkable achievement of securing accreditation for an additional five years. This accomplishment sets the stage for our next on-site Continuous Improvement Review (CIR), scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year. A pre-review was successfully submitted on July 1, 2023, laying the groundwork for the forthcoming main CIR in 2025.

To facilitate your engagement in the assessment process, we've curated a selection of menu items that offer direct access to vital information, essential resources, and necessary forms. We encourage you to contribute your course or program assessments through these channels.

The CSB's overarching assessment strategy is designed with a biennial collection cycle at its core. This cycle alternates between assessing five learning outcomes derived from the Core Business Knowledge (CBK) courses during even-numbered academic years and evaluating major-specific learning outcomes during odd-numbered academic years.

1. Major-Specific Courses: Assessment is conducted in academic years starting with odd numbers (e.g., Fall 2023 - Spring 2024).

2. CBK Courses: Assessment takes place in academic years starting with even numbers (e.g., Fall 2024 - Spring 2025). You are invited to select two sections of designated CBK courses for assessment. 

3. Grad Programs: Assessment is conducted in every year 

To foster broad faculty involvement, we advise alternating between different sections and instructors in each assessment cycle.

Click here to learn more about the CSB Assurance of Learning (AOL) process.  

SLU Expectations:

• Assessment plans: Each degree and certificate program should have an assessment plan that is regularly reviewed and updated by the program faculty using the most recent assessment plan template (available here). SLU post all assessment plans on this website.

• Assessment reports: Each degree and certificate program should submit an assessment report annually; this report should be completed using the assessment report template (available here) and should reflect the most recent year of assessment. We post the 3 most recent reports on the website (see the section below).

• Assessment report feedback: The University Assessment Committee, with representatives from each school/college, is responsible for reviewing assessment reports and providing feedback to programs; the expectation is that programs will use this feedback to improve or enhance their assessment plans, processes, and reports. Prof. Heather Bednarek is the current CSB representative.

Each school and college can determine the date by which they submit their reports, but it should be no later than the fall following the year the report covers (so Fall 2024 for the 2023-24 reports).