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ACCREDITATION STANDARDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HIGH, AND WILL REMAIN SO. A BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW STANDARDS IS CONSIDERING CHANGES. and achievement, in ways that do not depend exclusively on U.S. higher education models of the past. In the third area, mainte- nance of accreditation, the committee is looking at how a school can main- tain accreditation through continuous implementation of strategic planning. Nine institutions have been invited to participate in the new experimental maintenance review process during 2001–02, and all have accepted. An additional 18 have been invited to par- ticipate in the experimental process in 2002–03; of these, 14 have accepted so far. The BRC met in August to consider recommendations for modifications and made standards revisions available for member review in mid-September. Members interested in learning more about the Blue Ribbon Committtee and its progress can go to the AACSB Web site at www.aacsb.edu, and follow the links to the Blue Ribbon Commit- tee. In addition to the working draft of the revised standards, communiqués to members, thought papers, and other reports are available online. Members interested making suggestions can send comments to Milton Blood, AACSB managing director of accreditation, at Milton@aacsb.edu. New Officers Begin Term at AACSB AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busi- ness has elected a slate of new officers for the 2001–2002 term. John Kraft, dean of the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville, will be the new chair; Jerry E. Trapnell, dean of the College of Business and Public Affairs at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, is the vice chair and chair Admin istra tion at Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, and the immediate past chair is Larry Penley, dean of the College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe. The current term ends on July 1, 2002. New chair Kraft expects to focus on secretary-treasurer is Paul E. Dascher, dean of the School of Business elect. The new "Ph.D. production is down about one- third from where it was in 1990, and that is in the face of worldwide growth in demand for business faculty. This is something we're going to have to ad- dress as a problem that will emerge significantly in the next five years." Kraft has worked with the National Science Foundation and the Federal Energy Administration. He also has served on the boards of the Grey - hound Financial Corporation, Citibank of Arizona, the Graduate Management Admissions Council, and the Arizona State Research Institute. Vice chair Trapnell is president of the three key areas during his term. One is the experimental changes in accredi- tation standards being studied by AACSB's Blue Ribbon Committee (see previous page). "We're running experi- ments this year with several schools, and we'll be running them for the next couple of years as a test for how the standards might be applied to the reaccredita- tion process," says Kraft. "That's a major focus for this year and next year." Globalization John Kraft ond area of concentration as AACSB works to accredit more schools world- wide and to attract more international members. "This effort will be ongoing as we attempt to be defined as the spokesperson for business education globally," Kraft says. The organization's third focus will will be his sec- be on "the decline in faculty research productivity and the associated decline in Ph.D. production," Kraft says. Southern Business Administration Asso- ciation has served on the boards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Accounting Association, the Feder ation of the Schools of Accountancy, the Institute of Management Accountants, and the South Carolina Association of CPAs. Secretary-treasurer Dascher is a board member of the Southern Busi- ness Administration Association, Me- morial Health Systems, Sun Trust Bank, and the Financial Executives In- stitute Orlando. He has also served as national vice president of the Institute of Management Accountants and as president and board member of the Accountants for the Public Interest. Penley, the immediate past chair, is an affiliated faculty member with the Center for Latin American Studies, a member of the Chicana/o Studies Advisory Committee at Arizona State University, a board member of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, INROADS Arizona, the Economics Club of Phoenix, Wells Fargo Bank of Arizona, and The Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies. For more information, contact Howard Hoskins, at Howard@aacsb. edu. s z BizEd NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2001 11