http://www.aacsb.edu/bridge/ AACSB International has developed a new program to prepare high-level senior executives for a professionally qualified faculty position within an AACSB accredited business school. Partnered with the University of California, Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business and the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, the AACSB Bridge Program will enable the transfer of professional experience into teaching excellence.
If it really opens that many doors, it's a bargain at twice the price, and I'm dead serious. -=Steve=-
Bear in mind that on average, full-time PQ faculty make 40 to 50 percent of AQ salaries. At research universities, this percentage can be even lower. These bridge programs are a recent development. Because of the salaries,the executives in these bridge programs aren't doing it for the money. Typically, they are retired executives trying to "give something back," or "make a difference." In many cases, they donate their faculty salaries back to the department or business school. Most of the non-tenure track faculty at AACSB schools are classified as PQ, including practically all adjuncts. Very few faculty (and none at my institution) have completed a bridge program.