AACSB vs. IACBE

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Andy, So somebody can go the 6 years, get publsihed, but their evaulation makes them get rejected as tenured? Wow, I need to get up to date on how this works. Is it defined in the union agreement or contract, or more informal?

Also, what does tenuring do for you, it locks you in to long term employment, anything else?

 

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Yes, some folks do go 6 years, publish and not get tenure. At top schools this is quite common. For example, relatively few folks get tenure at schools such as Harvard - even if they publish and have excellent student evaluations. Some schools operate under the idea of keeping a fresh stock of young assistant profs at all times. While this sounds mean - most folks good enough to get a job at a top school can easily move to a lower tier institution and obtain tenure. One of my profs years ago at Vanderbilt did a lot of research, was a pretty fair teacher, but didn't obtain tenure. He moved on to a good state school and is there now.

One interesting point is the connection of tenure to academic rank (e.g. Assistant, Associate or Full Professor). The two concepts aren't directly tied. At most schools, however, Assistant profs aren't tenured. When they obtain tenure they typically are promoted to Associate Professor. This doesn't always hold true. Some schools permit a faculty member to be promoted to Associate without tenure and then tenure the person later.

Tenure is a long term commitment from an institution that is designed to ensure academic freedom. Critics suggest it leads to lazy profs - and this can happen. But the commitment means that faculty have wide lattitude to pursue research without fearing administrators or board members that don't like what a faculty member is doing. A tenured faculty member can be fired, but it typically takes a while to do so. Of course tenured faculty can quit anytime to pursue other opportunities. The #1 way that tenured faculty get released comes when a school decides to eliminate a degree program or academic department.

Regards - Andy

 

Clarification about merits of my university

I am going to join Maharishi University of Management this coming January. And it is no doubt that MUM is good and well disciplined institution and like to join there.But refering about the institution in the internet , i came to know that it is a Tier-4 university and it is accredited by IACBE and not by AACSB.I am going to do my B.S and M.S in Computer Science and i dont know whether this institution will be the right choice for my career? MUM posted in their website that 500 companies have hired their alumini and i believe it is true. Will i get a job anywhere in the world having this IACBE accredition? Please clarify my doubts quickly as i am running out of time.

 

There is nothing inherently wrong with IACBE accreditation.....many good RA schools have no business school accreditation at all. However, just keep in mind that MUM is going to be viewed with a skeptical eye by many, in spite of its solid accreditation, simply because it seems a bit "out there" to most people.

IMO, a school that encourages its students to engage in non-assisted "flying", when they're really just hopping around with their legs crossed, isn't going to inspire confidence in many people;

Yogic Flying Demo October 2003 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - YouTube

Also IMO, there are much better options available for an M.B.A. than MUM out there.