King Abdulaziz University

King Abdulaziz University

Dean David Graf and Vice Dean Mohamed Madi were honored by King Abdulaziz University (KAU) President on December 19th, 2013, as their AACSB mentoring assignment for the KAU Faculty of Economics and Administration came to a successful close.
 
In 2010, Dean Graf and Prof. Madi were invited by AACSB to serve as mentors for KAU to help the Faculty of Economics and Administration achieve accreditation. During their first visit to the school in May 2010, they were asked to find out if the school which had been in the process  for four years since January 2005 had the potential to achieve accreditation.
 
After that first visit, they realized that the school had a very difficult journey ahead but they hoped that five more years would make the difference and build the road to a solid accreditation plan, its implementation, a Self-Evaluation Report and a team visit.
 
Following a number of other mentoring visits, and more than 3 years of hard work and significant actions by the Faculty administrators that included major curriculum changes, streamlining of the administration of male and female campuses and professional relationship between the two campuses, development of a committee structure, hiring many new faculty, and a big push for increased research production, the good news came last November that “the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the King Abdulaziz University School of Business is ready to proceed to the initial accreditation process”.