Non-traditional route to full-time professorship

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  1. Vonnegut

    Vonnegut Well-Known Member

    It’s a very small teaching college in a very poor and rural area. From the demographics, a couple of faculty members from there would have almost 3x the average household income. For someone who loves the mountains, a small A-frame with a wood burning stove, a few acres with a garden, with faculty hours and summers off... might not be a bad proposition. If you’re striving for the McMansion in a flossy or smart neighborhood and Ferragamo... not so much... to each their own. I imagine for those without other obligations and who enjoy a mountain lifestyle... it could be an attractive option.
     
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  2. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    True. To each their own. I'd go to KSA to teach while other might not :)
     
  3. ITJD

    ITJD Active Member

    Fair enough.


    Thanks. Appreciated.

    I will continue to hold on to my opinions and assertions though. If only to prevent you from replying to me ever again ;)
     
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  4. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    :D Sometimes silence is better than having the last word.
     
  5. JoshD

    JoshD Well-Known Member

    At my undergrad university, there is a tenured business professor with a PhD from Walden University. Strangely enough, their MBA was from the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma. I would venture to say she got the position due to her MBA and then completed the PhD while teaching.
     
  6. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    If you're talking about Stacey Bolin, she has a DBA from Walden, not a Ph.D. https://www.ecok.edu/directory/stacey-bolin

    According to her Linkedin page, she started at ECU in 2011 and her DBA date is 2012 - 2015. So, you're correct that she gained her position at ECU based on her MBA (even though she probably was an instructor until she completed her DBA she made Asst. Prof., IDK).

    I don't think it would be far fetched that ECU would employ someone with a doctorate from an online program. Not to knock your school, because you certainly went to a better undergrad school than I did, but ECU is a tier-2 ranked school and its business school does not have AACSB accreditation. The dean of the school of business doesn't even have a doctorate.
     
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  7. JoshD

    JoshD Well-Known Member

    Oh absolutely. ECU does have some awesome faculty being that it is a smaller university and ACBSP accredited. Dean Godwin did his MBA at Southern Methodist and there is an economics professor with a PhD from Clemson.

    That said, I could see them hiring instructors with doctoral degrees from online institutions. It works for them though seeing as how much of the faculty is likely not heavily involved in research.
     
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  8. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    You are absolutely right! Here's a perfect example: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randall-stone-phd-cpa-pfs-ctp-5b725839/

    I know Nehaus already pointed out that you're wrong, but here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randall-stone-phd-cpa-pfs-ctp-5b725839/
    That guy is an Instructor and Horne & Company Endowed Professor of Accounting at East Central University. He earned his Ph.D. at Northcentral University.

    His profile reads: "Non-tenure track faculty appointment to the Stonecipher School of Business, Department of Accounting."
     
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  9. JoshD

    JoshD Well-Known Member

    Dr. Stone is a great professor according to my wife. himShe had for a few classes and he genuinely cared about the students success. She told me that he was one of her favorite professors her time in the business school at ECU.
     
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  10. sideman

    sideman Well Known Member

    I had a former junior high teacher that retired and worked for me to supplement his teacher retirement from Texas. In his last school year he made $70k from his teacher salary in our district (30 years of service). Upon retirement he receives 60% of his former salary. Guess the amount? Yep, you guessed it....$42k for life.
     
  11. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    Maybe he started that job way back when the devil was a boy and was making $10k a year. Some schools pay handsomely, especially the public schools. The one where I live pays a minimum of 46k for someone with a bachelor's and max at 67k. The min for someone with a doctorate is 52k and the max is 84k. No, I'm not saying that 67k or 84k is handsome.
     
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  14. JoshD

    JoshD Well-Known Member

    I'll have to double check but Emporia State recently changed their website around. I believe their business school has a couple of tenured professors with degrees from Walden. I could be wrong though.
     
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  15. SteveFoerster

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  16. sideman

    sideman Well Known Member

    Not trying to create conflict here, but back in 1990 was hardly when the devil was a boy and if he made $40k a year then he was still able to afford a nice house in a good neighborhood and still raise 2 kids. $10,ooo a year for four people back then was still below poverty level. And then still have his salary almost double in a 30 year time period. Would like to see if someone with a bachelors starting now at the high end of $67k doubling to $135k by a 30 year retirement. That'll be the day when a junior high teacher makes that kind of money here in Texas (absent coaching duties).
     
  17. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    The key is not to rely on your pension as the only source of income. Also, staying in K-12 doesn't mean remaining as a teacher for 30 years. At my school, we have a president, a principal, 2 assistant principals, and about 8 department chairs. In public and private school systems, there are also superintendent and assistant superintendent positions.
     
  18. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    Yeah, but do the math. Not every teacher can become a Principal, even if they wanted to
     
  19. chrisjm18

    chrisjm18 Well-Known Member

    That's true of every field. There can only be one person in the top spot at any given time.
     
  20. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Not if you create your own. Or not if you define it by other means than organizational hierarchy.
     
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