News, Tips, and Tricks

Personalized Member Homepage with Activity Feed

You will now have access to a personalized homepage! This will be the first page you see after you log in. It will feature an activity feed, a chronological and scrollable list of announcements and discussion posts from your communities!

Upgrade to the AACSB Member Forum community features 

We are enhancing the member forum to increase ease of use and help users find relevant posts. Members can categorize their posts under relevant topics, enhancing the organization and discoverability of discussions. This update includes customizable digest options, enabling members to opt into topics of interest and receive tailored content updates.

Expert Directory

The expert directory module has been built to allow for customizable profiles for business members. Individual business members can add their areas of expertise and relevant resources to enhance their visibility within the community. This new, exclusive directory aims to facilitate connections between educational members and business members, providing a valuable resource for networking and collaboration.

Global Tagging System for increased organization

Pre-populated tags that you can use in your posts and across the Exchange.

COMING SOON Members will be able to join Networking Communities, like Affinity Groups, with the click of a button on the Exchange.

Introducing the new tagging system for our AACSB Member Forum! Our discussion forum will now have a simple, yet effective, requirement - selection of one or more topics that will “tag” your discussion posts. This tagging ensures that all content belongs to an account-approved category, which, in turn, makes all of the AACSB Member Forum’s content easily searchable.

Think of topics like tags - a great way to organize and categorize content within our community. To make this even easier, we have created a comprehensive list of topics that you will select from. By selecting one or more topics, you'll be able to find relevant discussions, resources, and updates more easily. Below are the topic categories and their associated topics that you will be required to use to label your content:

General

·       General Discussion: Use this tag for open conversations that don’t fit into a specific category.

·       Updates and Announcements: Stay informed on the latest news and updates from AACSB and the Exchange community.

·       Welcome and Introductions: Introduce yourself to the community or welcome new members here.

·       Resources and Tools: Share or discover valuable tools, documents, attachments, and resources that aid in business education.

·       Conferences and Events: Discuss upcoming or past conferences and events hosted by AACSB or other organizations.

Accreditation

·       General Accreditation Discussion: For all general discussion related to the process of accreditation in business schools that don’t fit into a specific category.

·       Quality Standards: Use for discussions about maintaining and enhancing accreditation standards within your institution.

·       Accounting: Focus on accreditation in accounting programs and the specific standards they must meet.

·       Strategic Planning: Share insights or ask for advice on creating and executing long-term strategic plans.

·       Faculty and Professional Staff: Discuss the role of faculty and staff in the accreditation process and ongoing development.

·       Curriculum: Dive into topics related to curriculum development, implementation, and innovation.

·       Assessment and Assurance of Learning (AoL): Share best practices for assessing and ensuring student learning outcomes.

·       Societal Impact: Explore how business schools are making a positive societal impact through their programs and activities.

·       Deans and Administrators: A space for Deans and administrators to discuss leadership, strategy, and accreditation.

·       Ask Accreditation: Want our Accreditation team to review your post or question? Select this topic when posting.

Business School Practices

·       AI, Technology, and Online Learning: Discuss the integration of AI, technology, and innovative methods in business education.

·       Budgeting and Financial Planning: Share experiences and strategies related to financial management in business schools.

·       Careers and Professional Development: Talk about career development for faculty, staff, and students, as well as professional growth opportunities.

·       Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Explore strategies for fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment in business schools.

·       MBA and Graduate Programs: Discuss trends, challenges, and opportunities specific to MBA and other graduate-level programs.

·       Student Engagement: Share best practices for engaging students and enhancing their academic and extracurricular experience.

·       Networking and Collaboration: Discuss opportunities for networking and building collaborative relationships within the business education community.

The AACSB Member Forum Community is your main hub for major discussions and best practices. In its current format, the forum does not utilize tags or any other form of content organization.  The Forum now has several topics that you will choose one or more of when posting. 

What does this mean for the AACSB Member Forum?

All content will remain the same! Moving forward, you must select one or more topics (category tags) from a dropdown list when you create your post in the discussion. You can also add your own tags to your post using hashtags.

Can I follow topics in the AACSB Member Forum?

On your profile, you can manually select any of the Topic Tags that have been created as categories in the upgraded AACSB Member Forum. This is the easiest way to ensure that preferred content is included your digest email messages. Based on activity and how content is tagged in the topic community, you will receive a batch of Observed Interests within the AACSB Member Forum. Your actions become Observed Interests, which we track to help you see the content you care about most!

Will I still be able to add the AACSB Member Forum to my Weekly Consolidated Digest email?

The AACSB Member Forum will now have its own separate daily digest, which means it will no longer be included in the consolidated daily and weekly digest emails. This new daily digest will be personalized based on the Stated Interests you select in your profile and your Observed Interests as you interact across the Exchange. You can update your Community Notification preferences at anytime by visiting your Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. 


We will be launching Exchange Essentials, a newsletter that provides information and discussions you may have missed in your communities, including the AACSB Member Forum!