- Four new colleges at the University are established: General College, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), the College of Fine and Applied Arts (CF&AA) and the College of Education (COE). The Department of Economics and Business was assigned to the CF&AA.
- Department of Economics and Business in the College of Fine and Applied Arts began offering a B.S. in Business Administration. The department had 650 students and 17 faculty members, and became very active in Phi Beta Lambda, the collegiate student club for Future Business Leaders of America.
- Appalachian State University provost position was created.
- An institutional long range plan was initiated, and the Appalachian President, Provost and Director of Business Affairs consulted with business and industrial leaders to secure financial support for the planned new college of business.
- The Appalachian trustees approve moving forward with the college of business.
- In 1969-1970, the Economics and Business Department rewrote syllabi for existing courses and developed syllabi for new courses to support planned new business degree programs.
