Does your DBA have to be AACSB accredited to land a professor job at university level in the USA?

Discussion in 'Business and MBA degrees' started by Roo, Sep 13, 2021.

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  1. Roo

    Roo New Member

    I am currently working full-time as a lecturer at a community college in North America.
    I am considering working towards my DBA. But my work load is insane. I cannot possibly do an in-person DBA.

    I found a DBA at Edinburgh Business School (Heriot-Watt University) that is 100% online. While the program does seem very thorough and serious, I believe it is not AACSB accredited.

    Is there any EBS Distance DBA alum here that's currently teaching full-time in a university in North America?
     
  2. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Without knowing your goal for doing a DBA, it's hard for anyone to give you any advice regarding AACSB accreditation (or a lack of it).

    By the way, the workload for a distance DBA will be as "insane," as you put it, as an in-class DBA.

    To answer your last question, why not use the Google? Or LinkedIn? Your chances of getting valuable information on such a niche topic is much better than polling the handful of posters here.
     
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  3. TEKMAN

    TEKMAN Semper Fi!

    Whether distance learning or on campus, the study workloads are the same. Sometimes, distance learning program has more workload because you need an additional self-study to find information. The only advantage of distance learning is that you can study at any time that does not require on-campus lecture attendants. A college degree does not guarantee employment, so doing a DBA without AACSB is risker than the one with AACSB accreditation. Maybe, a Ph.D. in Business Administration with AACSB is safer.
     
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  4. RFValve

    RFValve Well-Known Member

    Here some full time faculty:

    https://www.ufv.ca/business/faculty-and-staff/leung-raymond.htm
    https://rdc.ab.ca/programs/business/faculty-and-staff/dustin-quirk-dba
    https://fisher.osu.edu/people/bellner.1/cv

    As some said, it is possible to get a full time faculty with this DBA but there is no guarantee.
     
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  5. Roo

    Roo New Member

    Thank you so much
     

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