Purpose

The Continuous Improvement Review Committee (CIRC) oversees processes for continuation of business accreditation to ensure consistency of accreditation standards application and equity of recommendations across teams and across programs reviewed.

Structure

CIRC is composed of a minimum of twelve members and a maximum of 18 members plus a CIRC chair and CIRC vice chair appointed by the vice chair-chair elect (who shall preside as board chair during the year for which the appointments are made). The CIRC chair is a business administrator from an AACSB-accredited organization. CIRC members may be present and former business administrators from AACSB-accredited organizations. Normally, CIRC members serve staggered three-year terms, up to a maximum of two consecutive terms. Normally, the CIRC chair serves two consecutive one-year terms.

Chair

Deborah Crown, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, Pepperdine University

Vice Chair

Monica Adya, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey-Camden

Members

Nafis Alam, Monash University Malaysia
Julia Balogun, University of Liverpool
Joyendu (Joy) Bhadury, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Richard Buttimer, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Anne Carroll, Kutztown University
Maria João Cortinhal, ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon
Jayati Ghosh, Saginaw Valley State University
Barron Harvey, Howard University
Anthony R. Hendrickson, Creighton University
Mingming Leng, Lingnan University
Marilyn Macik-Frey, Nicholls State University
Grace McCarthy, University of Wollongong
Dan Moshavi, San Diego State University
Wilfried Niessen, HEC Liege (University of Liège)
Richard Phillips, Georgia State University
Paul Schwager, College of Charleston
Igwe Udeh, Southern University at New Orleans

Staff Liaison

Maria Baltar ([email protected])