What are the chances of someone who has completed a PhD/ DBA in business of finding employment in an Adjunct/Tenure Track teaching position?
As an adjunct, very good (depending on where you live). As a tenure-track professor in business, it depends on what else you've done in your life. I understand that, unlike most professorial fields, getting a position in business isn't quite as difficult (but by no means easy!). You still must have all of your ducks in a row: published in peer-reviewed journals, some teaching experience, and, in your case, a whole lot of business experience! Tom Nixon
Tom - some further advice from a fellow DL graduate. Adjunct positions are readily available at many schools and a great way to see if you like to (and are capable of) teaching. As for a full time position - they can be had - but some fields (such as Accounting and IS) are hotter than, say, organizational behavior or operations management. Also, with a DL degree you may find some bias. AACSB schools (350 or so in the U.S.) are likely to ignore you. The other 900 or so business programs in the U.S. may well consider you. The best ammunition to carry into this search is solid credentials in business, adjunct teaching experience, certification (esp. a CPA/CMA if you're in accounting) and some scholarly experience. Still, don't be surprised if you get turned down some places. DL isn't universally accepted - in fact some schools advertise in such a way as to deny DL grads a chance to apply. Thanks - Andy
Three colleges in New Jersey accepted my application for adjunct faculty position. The chairperson of my department at one of the colleges even encouraged me to apply for tenure. My DL master's degree and ABD status is yet to be rejected by any college but I have to add that I am a realist. I did not apply to teach at Princeton and Rutgers. With more than 15 years experience in enterprise computing, I don't think that I will have any problem with a DL doctorate. Ike Okonkwo B.S.E.E University of Nigeria M.S. (NSU) Ph.D (NSU) (uhmm..., I mean ABD)
Andy and Ike, Thanks for your input. I concur with every ones opinion regarding the employment opportunities in the academia arena for graduates of DL PhD/DBA in business or related fields. However, I think when it comes to the opportunities available for DL Doctoral Graduates to seek employment in the Academia Arena; it is on a case by case basis. If one were to do a search via Goolge.com using the following schools and discipline, Nova, DBA, Argosy DBA, Walden PhD and Touro PhD, some of the graduates of each of the said respective schools are teaching at the following Universities such as, Yale U (Walden) Ohio U (Touro) Florida International University (Nova & Argosy) John Hopkins (Asst. Dean, Argosy) Kent State (Argosy) Ball State University (Distinguished Professor of Business, Nova) Ohio State University (Argosy) University of Georgia (Argosy) University of South Florida (Argosy) FAMU (Walden) Central Michigan University (Walden) Cornell U. (Argosy, Adjunct) Etc. Although, there are still some remaining biases toward DL’s Graduates, I think overtime the Academic world will overly accept the degree with seldom regards.
To a certain extent I think you are right. I am not in the field but I suspect that on the whole DL Grads especially from DL schools are going to have a difficult time in a market which is already very tight. That is not to say that on an individual basis some may succeed. Stephen Olford who earned his doctorate from LRS (I believe prior to accreditation has a chair named after him at (Beeson ???) likely based on his reputation as an expository preacher. North
