A comparison of Jesuit and non-Jesuit business education

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A comparison of Jesuit and non-Jesuit business
education

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What weve learned thus far

• Joan Van Hise (Fairfield University)
• Barbara Porco (Fordham University)
• Patrick Lee (Fairfield University)

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Where we are on the journey

• Initial idea spurred by criticism of religious
  education idea of Jesuit branding
• CJBE 05 presentation
• CJBE 06 the undergrad study
• The future
• The grad study
• The outcomes study

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The sample how the schools were selected

• Jesuit schools
• Others religious and non-religious
• Match on
• geographic region
• size
• SAT

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The sample

• 26 Jesuit schools
• all US that have business schools/depts
• all but Holy Cross and Spring Hill
• 26 Schools with a religious affiliation
• Not Jesuit
• BUT, all Christian 22/26 Catholic
• 26 Schools with no religious affiliation

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The sample SizeAvg. undergrads
Jesuit Other Non Other Non Total
Total 4397 3168 5538 4353 4404
B-school 1133 931 1582 1256 1216
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The sample Test scoresAvg. SAT/ACT
Jesuit Other Non Other Non Total
SAT 1164.35 1103.64 1147.38 1125 1140
ACT 24.95 22.84 23.67 23.24 23.89
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The sample Test scoresAvg. SAT/ACT

• With what factors are test scores significantly
  correlated with in the sample?
• AHANA for ACT
• Male students
• Student/faculty ratio
• School values on home page
• AACSB accreditation

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The sample Descriptive Stats
Jesuit Other Non Other Non Total
AHANA 21.4 16.8 22.4 19.6 20.2
Intl 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.7 1.8
Male 43.0 38.2 44.5 41.3 41.8
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The sample Descriptive Stats
Jesuit Other Non Other Non Total
Class size 23.5 21.0 22.7 21.7 22.3
St/fac Ratio 13.0 14.2 14.8 14.3 18.9
core classes 16.9 16.4 13.6 14.9 15.8
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The Core curriculum or general education
requirements

• Critiques
• Taught by junior faculty or TAs
• No coherence across requirements
• Too many courses approved to meet requirements
• Requirements often met at end of college career

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Calls for change

• 89 Cheney 50 Hours A core curriculum for
  college students
• 98 The troubling State of General Education
  A study of six Virginia Public Colleges and
  Universities
• 06 TX and OH state systems

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The sample Descriptive Stats
Jesuit Other Non Other Non Total
Fac Term deg. 90.5 77.6 80.0 78.1 82.0
Spon val homepage 88 38 0 19 42
Spon val B-page 42 31 0 17 26
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Sponsoring values on home page

• Examples
• A link to Jesuit identity
• The word Jesuit often only once
• Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam NO!!
• Outline of a chapel, dove, etc. NO!!

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Significant differences A recap

• Jesuit better on all the following
• SAT
• ACT
• Faculty w/ term degree
• Sponsoring value on home page
• Sponsoring value on b-school home page
• Core classes
• Student/faculty ratio

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Where is this leading?
Jesuit Other Non Other Non Total
w/ AACSB Accred. 85 31 38 35 51
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AACSB Accreditation

• 45,000 b-schools worldwide
• 527 accredited by AACSB
• 1,200 b-schools in US
• 445 accredited by AACSB
• 69 (15.5) of US accredited B-schools have a
  religious affiliation
• Jesuit schools represent 5 of the religious
  schools with accreditation in the US

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AACSB Accreditation

• With what factors is AACSB accreditation
  significantly correlated in the sample?
• Male
• Sponsoring values on home page
• core classes
• Class size
• Faculty w/ terminal degree
• Size (total and B-school)
• Standardized tests (ACT and SAT)

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Is AACSB driving the bus?

• Good news critics have said that Jesuit
  business education differs only as a result of
  the liberal arts core thats not the case!
• Bad news are we any different than other
  AACSB-accredited schools?

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Accredited vs. others

• On what factors do the AACSB accredited and
  non-accredited schools differ in a significant
  way?
• Male
• Sponsoring values on home page
• core classes
• Class size
• Faculty w/ terminal degree
• Size (total and B-school)
• Standardized tests (ACT and SAT)

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Significant differences A recap

• Jesuit better on all the following
• SAT
• ACT
• Faculty w/ term degree
• Sponsoring values on home page
• Sponsoring values on b-school home page
• Core classes
• Student/faculty ratio

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When did the sample schools receive AACSB
Accreditation?
B4 Mission standards Under Mission standards Since new 2003 standards
Jesuit 15 6 1
Other 5 3 0
Non 5 5 0
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Mission statements
Analyzed for incorporation of

• Sponsoring values
• Ethics
• Reflection
• Academic excellence
• Integration
• Globalization
• Social responsibility

• Cura personalis
• Social justice
• Service to others
• Experiential learning
• Values-based education
• Individual dignity

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What do mission statements include?

• 55 sponsoring values
• 47 service to others
• 42 academic excellence
• 35 social responsibility
• 31 social justice
• 31 ethics

• 27 individual dignity
• 26 cura personalis
• 18 integration
• 18 globalization
• 15 value-based learning
• 14 reflection
• 6 experiential learning

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Mission statements

• Jesuit and others differ significantly on
• Sponsoring values
• Reflection
• Social justice
• Service to others

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Mission statements

• All three differ significantly on
• Sponsoring values Jesuit highest
• Ethics Other highest
• Reflection Jesuit highest (much higher!)
• Social justice Jesuit highest
• Service to others Jesuit highest
• Individual dignity Other highest

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More on Mission

• All AACSB-accredited b-schools have separate
  b-school mission statements
• Only 10/38 non AACSB-accredited b-schools have
  separate b-school mission statements
• BUT the 4 non-accredited Jesuit b-schools do
  not have separate b-school mission statements

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What do B-school mission statements include?

• 45 ethics
• 39 sponsoring values
• 35 globalization
• 31 academic excellence
• 31 social responsibility
• 24 service to others

• 12 experiential learning
• 8 cura personalis
• 8 integration
• 6 individual dignity
• 4 value-based learning
• 4 reflection (Jesuit only)
• 2 social justice

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B- school/dept mission statements

• Jesuit and others differ significantly on
• Reflection
• Academic Excellence
• All three differ significantly on
• Sponsoring values
• Reflection
• Academic excellence
• Integration

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A comparison of university and b-school
mission statements

• B-school higher
• ethics
• globalization
• experiential learning

• University higher
• sponsoring values
• academic excellence
• social responsibility
• service to others
• cura personalis
• integration
• individual dignity
• value-based learning
• reflection
• social justice

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Are we different?

• Are we different?
• YES in the students we attract
• YES in the faculty we hire
• More on that to come
• YES at least in what we say we do
• YES in our student/faculty ratios
• Yes in our core curriculums

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Are we better?