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Good news for Turner College faculty. The most recent Australian Business Deans Council journal rankings are now searchable online. So, there is no need to sift through the organization's downloadable Excel file in prepping for your next submission. As reported back in January of this year , the newest iteration of the ABDC's journal rankings includes, for the first time, Compensation and Benefits Review , which is edited by Turner College management professor Phil Bryant , as a C-rated journal. It also continued to place the Journal of Financial Economic Policy , which is edited by Turner College economist Frank Mixon , among the B-rated journals. The Turner College community is still eagerly awaiting placement in The Chronicle of Higher Education of the advertisement for a new dean. The ad has also yet to appear in either Inside Higher Ed or on CSU's employment opportunities website, putting the Turner College a little behind schedule. In the meantime, another instituti...

It's Friday evening and you are probably sitting down with your favorite take-out meal or are preparing to go out for dinner. To add to the enjoyment of your end-of-week relaxation time, Turner Business is now providing a new occasional series for Friday evenings called Asking Google AI. Tonight we are asking Google AI the following question: Is it good that Columbus State University is now classified as a national university? Below is an image of Google AI's thorough response. Much what Google AI says in response to the question mirrors the views on the matter in the guest essay on CSU's position in America's Colleges 2027 that was submitted to Turner Business earlier this week. That is, while the prestige attached to the National Universities category exceeds that associated with the Regional Universities South category, CSU is now situated in a more competitive arena and at a much worse relative position. Previously, U.S. News & World Report placed CSU as ...

The release of America's Colleges 2027 by U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday is easily the story of the week as the guide placed CSU in its "National Universities" category for the first time ever. Brad Raizner, the founder of Portal, has taken a deep dive into this year's ranking results and has come away so far with six huge takeaways. First , within the top 200 institutions, private universities were twice as likely to rise in the rankings as public universities. Second , among the top 200 institutions, the average rising private university rose nearly twice as many spots as the average rising public university. Third , the rankings formula removed the graduate debt criterion, which constituted 5%, and replaced it with an earnings by major criterion. As Raizner concludes, this reduces the incentive for universities to graduate their students with less debt. This change will not likely benefit CSU as it likely performed relatively better on the graduate debt...

CSU Registrar Stephanie Speer recently announced a major change coming to CSU's commencement season. Beginning this semester, CSU graduate students will have their own commencement ceremony occurring on the same day as ceremonies for undergraduate students. On Friday, December 14, 2026, students receiving graduate certificates and degrees from any Columbus State University college, including master’s, specialist, and doctoral degrees, will enjoy their own commencement ceremony beginning at 4:00pm. Graduate students will attend only this ceremony and not both this ceremony and their college’s ceremony (unless also receiving an undergraduate degree or certificate). Faculty advisors will hood doctoral degree graduates during the ceremony, while college deans will hood master’s and specialist degree graduates. This ceremony replaces the Graduate Hooding Ceremony usually held on the Thursday evening before our Friday Commencement ceremonies. "The compelling benefit of restructuring...

With the CSU community discussing the latest news that U.S. News & World Report now includes it among the National Universities that it ranks each year, Turner Business decided to take a look at how institutions' business schools are contributing to those institutions' overall ranking by U.S. News & World Report . This examination simply involves a comparison of each university's overall ranking to that of its business school. This information for the Georgia-based National Universities is provided in the table below. As indicated in the table above, CSU's Turner College ranks higher (by 32 places) among the nation's business schools than CSU ranks among the nation's universities. As such, the Turner College is doing its share to elevate CSU among the national universities. The push up the rankings that the Turner College is providing CSU is similar in magnitude to the push provided by the Terry College of Business to the University of Georgia, as well...

The schedule for CSU Homecoming 2026 is coming together, and a few events will be especially important to the Turner College community. The Alumni Weekend portion of the festivities kicks off on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 5:30pm with "Cougar Connections." This is an alumni networking event to be held at Nonic Restaurant & Rooftop Bar in Uptown Columbus.  The CSU Alumni Association Award Luncheon is set for Friday, October 16, 2026, at 11:30am in the Cunningham Center on CSU's main campus. That event recognizes the outstanding alumni, faculty, staff and university supporters whose achievements, leadership and service have made a lasting impact on CSU, their professions and their communities. Eboni Thomas , a strategic planning specialist at the Columbus Water Works who earned a BBA from the Turner College in 2009 and a Turner College MBA in 2024, will receive the 2026 Young Alumni Award. Stay connected to Turner Business for more on the Homecoming festivities.   ...