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A number of readers have contacted Turner Business both providing and seeking more information about the details provided in the recent blog post concerning the Turner College's current AACSB accreditation cycle. That post indicates that three years into the most recent and successful accreditation cycle Turner College business faculty had published 98 journal articles, and that almost three years into the current cycle there are only 69 journal publications. Additionally, the data provided in that recent post indicates that Turner College business faculty averaged 95 journal publications through the first three years of the two most recent and successful accreditation cycles. What we know is that having 95 journal publications through the first three years can be associated with an ultimately successful accreditation cycle. It is not yet known whether 69 journal publications over that time frame can also work out. A second element of the process is the distribution of journal publications by journal quality. These distributions for the most recent and current cycles are shown in the table below, where the numbers in the table represent journal publication counts (out of 100 journal publications) for each journal quality level or category.
Unlike the current total of 69 journal publications, which is significantly different (at the 0.063 level) from the recent average of 95, the two distributions shown in the table above are not statistically different (at anything better than the 0.756 level). This means that although the quantity of journal publications needs to be boosted as much as possible over the next 2.5 months, the quality of the existing (and hopefully future) journal publications is in line with that from previous successful accreditation efforts. 
Per Turner College Dean Deb Kidder's October 14th "Turner Tuesday" video release, congratulations are due to Turner College MSOL graduate Hayley Tillery for being named among Georgia Trend magazine's "40 Under 40" for 2025. As Kidder notes in the video, Tillery is currently Executive Director of the Columbus Convention & Trade Center, a position she has held for nine years. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in marketing from Auburn University.


Since posting about the Turner College's new Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation back during fall welcome week, and again recently via our interview with Crowley Chair Kirk Heriot, Turner Business has learned that Heriot has moved from Interim Director of the Center to its Director. Expect to see Heriot at the upcoming BizPitch (LaunchCon) Competition from 6:00pm to 8:00pm on October 23, 2025, at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center. 




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