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THE SITE OFFERS A REVOLVING MENU OF ARTICLES AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND CURRENT THINKING IN THE REALM OF LEARNING ASSESSMENT. Resource Center Highlights Learning Assessment Business schools looking to improve their learning assessment practices have a new online resource in AACSB In- ternational's Assessment Resource Center. TheWeb page, which can be accessed through www.aacsb.edu, provides a wide-ranging set of tools and information to guide manage- ment educators toward better learn- ing assessment. The site offers a revolving menu of articles and discussions about best practices and current thinking in the realm of learning assessment. "We're starting with a pretty good founda- tion," says Dan LeClair, the director of AACSB's Knowledge Services, which will manage the site. "We want to see the site grow and evolve as a result of member involvement." Sections about accreditation stan- dards, professional development, and Meet Me in Montreal More than 1,200 business school deans and faculty members from 40 countries are expected to travel to Montréal, Quebec, this spring to attend the International Conference and Annual Meeting hosted by AACSB International. The conference, to be held April 18 through 20 at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, will focus on business education against the backdrop of the global economy. Seminars will cover topics such as how to remain agile during turbulent times, how to plan for evolving business school models, and how schools can stay current on key issues such as doctoral supply, learning outcomes assessment, and ethics. Among the presenters and plenary speakers will be Freddy Vandenspiegel, chief economist of Fortis Bank in Belgium. Until March 8, attendees can get special rates at two Montreal hotels near the convention center, Le Centre Sheraton Hotel (514-878-2000) and Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth (514-861-3511). Both hotels are located downtown near shopping venues, the business district, and cultural attractions. Special conference registration fees are also in effect until March 8. Additional information about registration, hotels, and conference programming is available on the associa- tion's Web site at www.aacsb.edu. For information about reserving exhibit space, see the Web site or contact Linda Walter, director of business development and events, at lindaw@aacsb.edu or 314-872-8507, ext. 243. reading lists are also on the site. Whenever possible, links are provided to allow users to acquire or learn more about books and articles that are refer- enced. An "Overview" portion of the site will address specific questions posed by visitors to the site, answered by the Knowledge Services staff. The Assessment Resource Center is the first of three sites planned by AACSB. Next on the agenda are an Ethics Education Resource Center and a Doctoral Education Resource Center. While AACSB will welcome suggestions and contributions to the sites, says LeClair, the content that appears will be edited by the Knowledge Services staff with the help of experts. However, manage- ment educators will be able to ad- dress each other directly through the "Community" section of each site, which allows members to sub- scribe to listservs organized around common interests. The resource centers will help AACSB offer members help in fields such as learning assessment, which has assumed critical importance in today's business schools. "We passed the assurance of learning standards, but a quick survey of members indi- cates that there will be many chal- lenges associated with implementa- tion," says LeClair. "It's incumbent upon AACSB to assist schools to meet these challenges." AACSB Nominates Board Members as representatives of accredited mem- ber institutions, three will be elected. BizEd JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2004 Nominations have been finalized for elections to the 2004–05 AACSB Interna- tional Board of Directors. The election will be held in the last two weeks of January; results will be an- nounced by mid-February. New members will assume their positions July 1. At that time, chair elect Doyle Z.Williams of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville will be- come chair. Richard E. Sorensen of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg is running uncontested to become vice chair-chair elect. Of the six candidates nominated 9