With the announcement of our continued recruitment for six new teacher-scholars, I am especially pleased to report that they will be joining excellent school-wide faculty members who continue to materially “raise their game”. We have fully met and exceeded the requirement for reaccreditation by AACSB that our faculty as a whole is 90% academically qualified or professionally qualified. In the coming months, I will post copies of the excellent published research by our many fine faculty members. As you will see, the scholarship of our faculty is a balanced blend of theoretical, practical, and educational research that is relevant to both the academy and to the professions we serve.
We are fortunate to be actively seeking additional teacher-scholars to join our outstanding team of faculty, as many peer universities, struggling with diminished funding, are inactive in recruiting. The entrepreneurial environment of UAB, matched with a material increase in school student enrollment (over 2,000 students in School of Business this fall) and the continuing support of alumni and friends, has created a financial profile that allows us to continue to grow by seeking additional exceptional scholars—while still maintaining a positive annual contribution to our investable reserves. Please know that the faculty and staff of the UAB School of Business have been exceptional stewards of our funding—as we have intensely focused our financial and business insight on very mission driven activities and investments.
