Annual Report Accredited Member · Annual Report – Accredited Member ... please list the number of the IAE’s Accreditation Principle for each note in the table below. Indicate

Annual Report – Accredited Member

Institution: Webber International University

Academic Business Unit: School O f Business – Florida Campus

Academic Year: 2012-13

International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education 11374 Strang Line Road Lenexa, Kansas 66215

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IACBE Annual Report: 2012-13 1

IACBE ANNUAL REPORT For Academic Year: 2012-13

This annual report should be completed for your academic business unit and submitted to the IACBE by November 1 of each year.

General Information

Institution’s Name: Webber International University

Institution’s Address: 1201 N. Scenic Hwy

City and State or Country Babson Park , FL Zip or Postal Code 33884

Name of Submitter: Jeannette Eberle

Title: Undergraduate Business Chair – Professor of Finance

Your Email Address: [email protected]

Telephone (with country code if outside of the United States): 863-638-2973

Date Submitted: Nov 1 2013

Total Headcount Enrollment of the Institution for 2012-13: 736

Accreditation Information

1. If applicable, when is your next institutional accreditation site visit? 2016 Year

2. When is your next reaffirmation of IACBE accreditation site visit? 2017 Year

3. Provide the website address for

the location of your public notification of accreditation by the IACBE:

http://www.webber.edu/

4. Provide the website address for

the location of your public disclosure of student learning results:

http://www.webber.edu/about/Accreditation.aspx

5. If your accreditation letter from the IACBE Board of Commissioners contains “notes” that identified

areas needing corrective action, please list the number of the IACBE’s Accreditation Principle for each note in the table below. Indicate whether corrective action has already been taken or that you have made plans to do so. (Insert additional rows as necessary.)

Commissioners’ Notes Action Already Taken Action Planned

http://www.webber.edu/

http://www.webber.edu/about/Accreditation.aspx


Administrative Information 1. Provide the following information pertaining to the current president/chief executive officer of your

institution:

Name: Keith Wade

Title: President and CEO

Highest Earned Degree: DBA Email: [email protected]


Fax (with country code if outside of the United States): 863-638-2823

Check here if this represents a change from the previous year.

2. Provide the following information pertaining to the current chief academic officer of your institution:

Name: Charles Shieh

Title: Chief Academic Officer

Highest Earned Degree: PhD Email: [email protected]




3. Provide the following information pertaining to the current head of your academic business unit:

Name: Jeannette Eberle

Title: Undergraduate Business Chair

Highest Earned Degree: PhD Email: [email protected]





4. Provide the following information pertaining to your current primary representative to the IACBE, i.e., the person who is your primary contact for the IACBE and who votes on behalf of the academic business unit on IACBE matters (if not the same as the head of the academic business unit):

Name:

Title:

Highest Earned Degree: Email:

Telephone (with country code if outside of the United States):

Fax (with country code if outside of the United States):


5. Provide the following information pertaining to your current alternate representative to the IACBE:

Name:

Title:

Highest Earned Degree: Email:

Telephone (with country code if outside of the United States):

Fax (with country code if outside of the United States):


Programmatic Information

1. For each of your IACBE-accredited business programs, provide the total headcount enrollment and the number of degrees conferred in the program (including each major, concentration, specialization, and emphasis) for 2012-13 (insert rows in the table as needed):


Program Enrollment

2012-13

Number of Degrees Conferred

2012-13

BSBA - Accounting

BSBA - Computer Information Systems

BSBA - Finance

BSBA - Hospitality Tourism Management

BSBA - Management

BSBA - Marketing

BSBA – Pre Law

BSBA – Security Management

BSBA – Sport Business Management

BS – General Business Studies

total

MBA - Management

MBA - Accounting

MBA – International Business

MBA – Security Management

MBA - Sport Business Management

40

41

41

41

131

70

33

36

136

130

699

45

11

18

0

14

14

5

6

15

9

28

12

4

5

23

121

6

1

3

8

0

total 88 18

Totals for All Programs Combined

(Please do not double-count students who pursued multiple programs during the reporting year, e.g., students

who double-majored in both accounting and finance.)

736 201

2. Do you offer any of your IACBE-accredited business programs outside of your home country?

x No. If no, proceed to item 3 below.

Yes. If yes, please identify the programs and countries in the table below. In addition, if the programs are delivered

in partnership with other institutions, please identify those institutions as well. (Insert rows in the table as needed.)

Program Country or Countries Partner Institution(s)

3. Did you terminate any business programs during the reporting year?


Yes. If yes, please identify the terminated programs in the table below. (Insert rows in the table as needed.)


Terminated Programs

4. Were changes made in any of your business programs?


Yes. If yes, please identify the changes on a separate page at the end of this report.

5. Were any new business programs (including new majors, concentrations, specializations, and/or

emphases) established during the academic year?

x No. If no, proceed to the Outcomes Assessment section below.

Yes. If yes, please identify the new programs on a separate page at the end of this report, and answer item 6 below.

6. If applicable, was approval of your institutional accrediting body required for any of the programs

identified in item 5 above?

x No. If no, proceed to the Outcomes Assessment section below.

Yes. If yes, please attach a copy of the material that you sent to your institutional accrediting body.

Outcomes Assessment 1. Has your outcomes assessment plan been submitted to the IACBE?

x Yes

No. If no, when will the plan be submitted to IACBE?

2. Is the original or revised outcomes assessment plan that you submitted to the IACBE still current or

have you made changes?

The outcomes assessment plan that we have previously submitted is still current.

x Changes have been made and the revised plan is attached.

We have made changes and the revised plan will be sent to the IACBE by:

3. Complete the Outcomes Assessment Results form below and include it with this annual report to

the IACBE. Note: Section II of the form (Operational Assessment) needs to be completed only if you received first-time accreditation or reaffirmation of accreditation after January 1, 2011.

An example of a completed form can be found in a separate document that is available for download on the IACBE’s website at: www.iacbe.org/accreditation-documents.asp.

Section I (Student Learning Assessment) of the Outcomes Assessment Results form must be completed for each business program that is accredited by the IACBE (i.e., a separate table must be provided for each program).

http://www.iacbe.org/accreditation-documents.asp


Performance targets/criteria are the criteria used by the academic business unit in evaluating assessment results to determine whether intended outcomes have been achieved. For example, if the academic business unit is using the ETS Major Field Test as one of its direct measures of student learning, then a performance target might be that the Institutional Mean Total Score on the exam will place students in the upper quartile nationally; or if the academic business unit is using a comprehensive project in a capstone course as a direct measure of student learning, then a performance target might be that 80% of the students will score at the highest level (e.g., proficient, exemplary, etc.) on each project evaluation criterion.

Remember that your outcomes assessment plan needs to include two or more direct and two or more indirect measures of student learning. These measures should be used at the program level.

At the bottom of each section of the form, space is provided to identify changes and improvements that you plan to make as a result of your assessment activity.

Italicized entries in the form represent areas where the academic business unit should insert its own assessment information. Add tables and insert rows in the tables as needed.

Other Issues Briefly comment on other issues pertaining to your academic business unit that you would like to share with the IACBE.


Outcomes Assessment Results For Academic Year: 2012-13

In separate file

IACBE Annual Report: 2012-13

Webber International University

Florida Campus

IACBE Annual Report / Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

Webber International University conducts annual student learning outcomes assessment.

As of the 2012-13 academic year, and in conformity with the requirements of the

University’s regional accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and

Schools Commission on Colleges, student learning outcome assessment is now

conducted individually within each Major in the business curriculum and with a focus

on the direct assessment of student learning by multiple measures.

Assessment reports for each Major within the business curriculum include: the student

learning outcomes assessed, the methods of assessment, the target achievement level for

each student learning outcome, the results of the assessment, and the way(s) that

assessment results have been and are being used for the improvement of student

learning.

In view of the fact that student learning outcomes assessment is now conducted on over

40 intended learning outcomes specifically related to individual Majors, a representative

sample is provided here.

Major: Accounting

SLO #2: Students will demonstrate foundational knowledge of the auditing process and

tools along with appropriate written communication skills required of accounting

graduates by preparing written solutions to complete assigned projects.

Method of Assessment: Audit Case Simulation

Target: 80% of the students will receive a score of 3 or better on a five-point evaluation

rubric scale on the project.

Result: 90% of students achieved a score of 3 or better on a five-point evaluation rubric

scale on the project.

Course of Action: Some new handout materials and course lecture materials were

prepared for Excel in order to provide students with additional instruction concerning

those features of Excel that are needed by the student to successfully complete the

projects to the best of their ability.


Major: Finance

SLO #1: Understand and be able to apply the fundamental processes used in performing

a Financial Analysis of a firm's statements.

Method of Assessment: Financial Statement Analysis

Target: at least 80% of the students earn a 4 or better on a five-point evaluation scale on

their Financial Statement Analysis paper.

Result: 83% did earn a 4 or better

Course of Action: Even though the goal has been achieved, the professor is expecting

more critical analysis by the students.

Major: Management

SLO #3: Students will learn common strategies for the management of typical personnel

issues.

Method of Assessment: Case Analysis & Presentation

Target: an average score of 75 – 80 on the case analysis & presentation

Result: 76

Course of Action: An approach to present new perspectives on individual and group

behavior, and provide insight into approaches for better management and motivation of

employees is being introduced

Major: Marketing

SLO #1: Students will acquire a basic understanding of product development and

planning, pricing, distribution, and promotion

Method of Assessment: Written testing

Target: 95% answering correctly


Result: 82% of the sample answered accurately.

Course of Action: We have implemented a course activity specifically for developing

“pricing strategies” skills, which include price penetration and price skimming.

Major: MBA

SLO #5: Students will acquire skills in quantitative research methods for business.

Method of Assessment: Faculty Focus Group. Each student team makes a formal

presentation to the graduate faculty.

Target: Faculty focus group average of 3.5 or better on a five-point rubric scale

Result: 4.26

Action: Two faculty members were assigned to be more directly involved for the first

portion of the project, and further guide the students’ efforts.

Major: MBA

SLO #8: Students will become aware of controversy in strategy concepts, and will

acquire advanced strategic analysis skills

Method of Assessment: Faculty Focus Group. Each student team makes a formal

presentation to the graduate faculty.

Target: Faculty focus group average of 3.5 or better on a five-point rubric scale

Result: 4.13

Action: Additional focus on the application of students’ MBA skills to problem solutions

that are concretely applicable to the needs of their partnering business community

clients.


Major: General Business Studies

SLO # 1: Understand and be able to apply the fundamental processes used in financial

accounting, with emphasis on recording transactions and preparation of financial

statements.

Method of Assessment: Assessment Rubric

Target: at least 3.0 average on the 5-point rubric assessment scale

Result: 3.4

Action: Although the result for SLO #1 was above target, it was the lowest among the

others for General Business. Instructors will emphasize recording transactions and

preparation of financial statements, in order to improve their students’ understanding

and ability to apply the fundamental processes used in financial accounting.

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