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PREAMBLEPrairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is a member of The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS),governed by the TAMUS Board of Regents. Established in 1876, PVAMU is the second oldest publicinstitution of higher learning in Texas. It is one of the two historically black colleges and universities(HBCU) in Houston with a proud legacy of serving young men and women from all ethnic backgrounds,especially from the underserved segments of the population. The College of Business (COB) is one ofthe nine colleges on campus and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in business. PVAMUstudents come from all counties in Texas, many parts of the United States, and foreign countries.The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accredits Prairie View A&M University as acomprehensive public institution of higher education. The main campus is located in Waller Countyapproximately 40 miles northwest of Houston and one mile north of U.S. Highway 290. The proximity toHouston, the fourth largest city in the nation and one of the most dynamic metropolitan areas, is a definiteadvantage for the University. The city offers many exciting cultural and educational events for thestudent and faculty body. The College of Nursing is poised to move to a new building in the worldrenowned Texas Medical Center in downtown Houston. The campus is endowed with 1,440 acres ofland. The University’s enrollment is approximately 8,020, including over 2,254 graduate students. Alarge percentage of the students live in the dorms, many of which are newly built and privately managed.Most of the freshmen live in the University College housing with close supervision by counselors.The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with majors inaccounting, finance, management information systems, management, and marketing. The COB alsooffers a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Science in Accounting (MSA). Inspring 2005, the College employed 37 full-time and several adjunct faculty members to teach 983students, including 174 graduate students.The College of Business (COB) at Prairie View A&M University is seeking initial accreditation with theAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Businesses International. This fits well with theUniversity’s designation as “an institution of the first class” that is committed to excellence in teaching,research, and service. The College administration and faculty are fully committed to offering high-qualityeducational programs and to the continuous improvement of these programs. The organizationalstructure, management processes, and outcomes—strategic planning, curricula improvement, facultydevelopment, assessment of learning, intellectual contributions portfolio, and student success—are incompliance with the AACSB standards.The University’s Educational PhilosophyThe Prairie View A&M University faculty members are dedicated to the education of their students andbelieve in producing productive citizens. The College of Business faculty members strive to challengetheir students, teach them marketable skills, and to create an academic environment conducive tolearning. Using modern curricula, the best in learning technologies, and highly qualified instructors, theCollege focuses on empowering students to realize their personal and professional goals through anexcellent education. The business curriculum emphasizes the learning of functional areas in business aswell as skills in communications, ethical decision making, and leadership.- ix -

Management Processes and Organizational StructureThe University and the College of Business have been under stable leadership that has been firmlycommitted to Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Businesses (AACSB) accreditation for thepast couple of years. President George C. Wright and Provost E. Joahanne Thomas-Smith areknowledgeable regarding the AACSB accreditation process. The COB enjoys strong support from theUniversity leadership, the Dean’s Advisory Board, the alumni, and the business community. TheAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International accepted the Accreditation Plansubmitted by the PVAMU COB in fall 2002. Over the next three years (2003-2005) in the CandidacyPartnership Program, the Accreditation Plan was successfully implemented. High quality, continuousimprovement, assurance of learning, emphasis on ethics, faculty engagement, and mission-drivenmanagement processes are firmly ingrained in the everyday life of the COB.The important policies and management processes in the College are faculty-driven. In line with theAACSB standards (1993), the faculty has been grouped into six standing committees, each chaired by afaculty member who is elected to the position by the entire College faculty. The Mission and StrategicPlanning Committee is the overall planning body and works with other committees on the periodicrevisions of the mission statement and the strategic plan. Other committees work on curriculum issues,student development, faculty issues, improvement in teaching methods, and research productivity. Fororganizational efficiency, the College is divided into two departments, each managed by a departmenthead, and a graduate program that is managed by a full-time director. Additionally, disciplinecoordinators, an assessment coordinator, the Business Council, and faculty committees activelyparticipate in achieving the mission of the College.Effectiveness of ProcessesFaculty members are invited to serve on the committees to achieve the mission of the College. During theorientation of new faculty, information is provided on the committee structure. Each full-time tenuretrack faculty member is expected to serve on at least one College committee. At the last faculty meetingin the spring semester, chairs for all standing committee are elected. The chairs work closely with thedean and the department heads throughout the semester. The dean, in consultation with the committeechair and faculty, appoints individual faculty members to various committees. The chairs are asked topresent progress reports during the monthly faculty meetings. The chairs are responsible for alldocumentation and provide semester-end and year-end reports to the dean. They also evaluate eachmember’s performance on the committees. The Business Council—composed of the dean, departmentheads, and the graduate director—meets weekly. Agendas and minutes are shared in advance, and themeetings open to the faculty. The rules governing the committee structure, membership, and role aredescribed in the COB Faculty Handbook that is revised periodically as new policies are developed.Achievement of College’s MissionThe College of Business at Prairie View A&M University largely serves a regional constituency. TheNorthwest Corridor is a growing part of the greater Houston community. The College has forged a strongrelationship with the local business community through the Small Business Development Center (SBDC).Although an increasing number of Hispanic and non-black students are being admitted to the University,given the history of Prairie View A&M University as one of the premier historically black colleges anduniversities in the country, the majority of the students on campus are African-Americans.The current drive for accreditation began in earnest in fall 2001 with the availability of new funds throughthe Texas Commitment of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). A new dean was hired, and sufficient funds-x-

were made available for rebuilding the faculty and meeting other standards necessary to achieve AACSBaccreditation. The College administration and faculty are fully committed to the goals and processesnecessary for achieving AACSB accreditation— voluntary peer review, high-quality programs, andcontinuous improvement.The drive towards accreditation has resulted in a transformation of the College of Business: a largenumber of qualified faculty and staff have joined the College; the management processes have beenformalized; assessment has become ingrained in the culture; the intellectual contributions portfolio hasgrown as a substantial number of faculty have teamed up for success in research; the students havebenefited from the modernization of the curricula; and new programs have been made possible from thenew centers created with grant support.The College is proud of its recent achievements and the progress made from candidacy to this point.Management processes are in place to ensure that we continue to improve and evolve into a fineinstitution. Although we could have done some things better, and some unfinished tasks remain on thetable, the College has made enormous progress and, we believe, is ready to join the ranks of AACSBaccredited business programs.Strategic PlanningThe College conducts a formal strategic planning process that includes input from various stakeholdersincluding faculty, staff, students, alumni, advisory board members, and University administration. Thereview and revision of the mission statement on a regular basis is part of this process. The strategicplanning process is considered to be dynamic, responding to the internal and external environment. TheMission and Strategic Planning Committee is formally charged with providing leadership in this process.The Accreditation Plan submitted to AACSB in 2002 served as the initial strategic plan for the College.Recently, after two years of preparations, the College has adopted a Strategic Plan for the 2005-2009period. Additional planning documents include the COB Faculty Handbook, Assessment Plan, andStudent Recruitment and Retention Plan.Other Supporting InformationThis Self-Evaluation Report (SER) is intended to present evidence demonstrating the readiness of theCollege of Business at Prairie View A&M University for initial accreditation by AACSB International.The SER was produced by a team of faculty, staff, and administrators, and includes data, statistics, andconclusions based on materials such as catalogs, faculty handbooks, annual reports, minutes of thecommittee meetings, annual candidacy reports, course syllabi, intellectual contributions data, resumes,and other documents generated as part of the College’s management processes. These and otherdocuments are archived and will be made available to the team at the time of the visit. Some of these arealso posted on the University website (www.pvamu.edu) and the College homepage(www.pvamu.edu/business):! PVAMU Undergraduate Catalog: 2004-2005,! PVAMU Graduate Catalog: 2004-2005,! PVAMU Fact Book,! PVAMU Program Review Profile,! PVAMU Faculty Handbook,! College of Business Faculty Handbook,! College of Business Strategic Plan 2005-2009,! College of Business Assessment Plan,! College of Business Faculty Course Materials,- xi -

!!College of Business Annual Candidacy Reports, andCollege of Business Faculty Resumes.- xii -

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Self-Evaluation ReportPreconditionsCollege of BusinessPRECONDITIONSP.1.ELIGIBILITYP.1.a:A school seeking accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business(AACSB International) should have appropriate governmental authorization to grantdegrees.As a part of The Texas A&M University System, Prairie View A&M University is authorized to grantundergraduate and graduate degrees in various disciplines including business. Prairie View A&MUniversity is the second oldest institution of higher education in the state of Texas, established in 1876. InAugust 1973, the name of the institution was changed to Prairie View A&M University, and its status asan independent unit of The Texas A&M University System was confirmed. In November 1984 the StateConstitution named Prairie View A&M University as one of the three “institutions of the first class”(along with Texas A&M University at College Station and The University of Texas at Austin), arecognition which allows equitable support from the proceeds of the Permanent University Fund. In 1921,the first four-year degree was offered, and in 1937, a division of graduate studies was added, offeringmaster’s degrees. The first degree in business was offered in the early 1930s. Since then, business degreeshave been awarded every semester.P.1.b:The school normally should be a part of an institution accredited by an institutionalaccrediting body or authorized by the appropriate governmental jurisdiction.The Prairie View A&M University is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the SouthernAssociation of Colleges and Schools. The University received its first accreditations from the SouthernAssociation of Colleges and Schools in December 1958. The University has been continuously accreditedsince then. The date of the last SACS re-accreditation review was in 2000. The University also holdsspecialized accreditations in nursing, architecture, computer science, dietetics, teacher education,engineering, engineering technology, and social work.P.1.c:Degree programs in business should be offered through an administrative unit supported bya continuing budget and to which full-time faculty appointments are made.As shown in Exhibit P.1.c-1 the College of Business is one of nine colleges and schools at PVAMU. Thedean of the College of Business reports directly to the provost and senior vice president for academic andstudent affairs. All business degree programs at the Prairie View A&M University are offered andadministered by the College of Business, which is a continuing budgetary unit of the University.Primarily, the State of Texas higher education appropriations and tuition and fees support the University’soperations. Funds are allocated to the College through the University’s budget process.Exhibit P.1.c-2 shows the College of Business is organized into two departments, each headed by adepartment head—the Department of Accounting, Finance, and Management Informatio

Dr. Omprakash Gupta, Chair ! Dr. Moosa Khan ! Dr. Sudhir Tandon ! Dr. John Dyck ! Dr. Emanuel Opara ! Dr. H. Gin Chong ! Technology Committee ! Dr. Emanuel Opara, Chair ! Mr. Jayaprakash Prathipati ! Dr. Ahmed Mahfouz ! Dr. Daniel Tomiuk ! President George C. Wright ! Dr. E. Joahanne Thomas-Smith, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic .