An Experience With A Faculty-Driven Approach To Business Curriculum Revision And Faculty Reorganization

Abstract

Technology issues, student feedback, faculty turnover, employers’ needs, administration guidance, and AACSB recertification requirements combined to force the need for significant changes in the core business curriculum within the John L. Grove College of Business at Shippensburg University.  College leadership approached both the identification of key issues and potential solutions with round-robin participation and consensus decision making by faculty rather than administrative edicts.  Faculty “Town Meetings” were held regularly to discuss a wide range of issues, plan courses of actions, and design a new core curriculum.  Faculty agreed to accept responsibility for the end products and ultimately made the final decisions regarding the content and structure of the core curriculum.  This paper provides details of the processes, issues, problems, successes, lessons learned, and final results.