Business schools are navigating an increasingly complex environment shaped by technological innovation, evolving learner expectations, changing workforce needs, heightened accountability, and growing expectations for societal impact. To thrive in this environment, institutions must align strategy, people, resources, and educational quality around a shared vision for long-term success.
The AACSB Global Standards for Business Education™provide a globally recognized framework that supports strategic alignment, institutional effectiveness, and continuous improvement. Rather than viewing the standards solely through the lens of accreditation, they can serve as a practical guide for strengthening decision-making, fostering collaboration, and advancing institutional excellence.
This interactive executive workshop introduces participants to the principles, structure, and interconnected nature of the Global Standards through facilitated discussions, institutional examples, and guided reflection. Participants explore how the standards support strategic planning, learner success, teaching effectiveness, scholarship, and societal impact while considering opportunities within their own institutional context.
Participants leave with a stronger understanding of the Global Standards, practical tools for engaging colleagues in strategic conversations, and an individualized action plan to support ongoing institutional excellence and future readiness.
Facilitator
Maria Baltar is the Senior Manager of Accreditation at AACSB International, where she manages a portfolio of 200 schools across the Americas. In this role, she provides guidance and support on all matters related to accreditation processes and standards. Maria also serves as the staff liaison to the Continuous Improvement Review Committee (CIRC) and the Accounting Accreditation Committee (AAC). Before joining AACSB, Maria held various accounting and finance roles in the hospitality and IT distribution industries. Maria earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of South Florida and an MBA from the University of Tampa.
Why Attend?
Business school leaders today are expected to balance innovation with quality, respond to rapidly changing stakeholder expectations, and demonstrate meaningful impact across their institutions.
This workshop provides an opportunity to:
- Understand how the AACSB Global Standards support strategic leadership and institutional excellence.
- Explore how the standards create an integrated framework connecting mission, strategy, learner success, scholarship, and societal impact.
- Engage in meaningful dialogue with peers about common institutional opportunities and challenges.
- Reflect on your institution's current strengths and identify opportunities for continued growth.
- Leave with practical ideas and an action plan to support future institutional conversations and strategic decision-making.
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is designed for deans and associate deans, academic leaders, faculty leaders and program directors, quality assurance and accreditation professionals, strategic planning leaders, and administrative leaders supporting institutional effectiveness.
Participant Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the purpose, structure, and guiding principles of the AACSB Global Standards for Business Education™.
- Describe the relationships among the three standards categories: Strategic Management, Learner Success, and Pathways to Impact.
- Discuss the purpose and intent of each of the nine standards within the context of business education.
- Recognize examples of institutional practices that illustrate the principles of the standards.
- Explain how mission, strategy, resources, curriculum, faculty, teaching effectiveness, scholarship, and societal impact function as an interconnected quality framework.
- Reflect on institutional strengths and opportunities related to the standards.
- Identify practical next steps for continuing institutional conversations about the standards.
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