Interesting article on finances for Grad School

Dave Wagner · Feb 2, 2007

Ted Heiks said: ↑

Perhaps the ones who have difficulty believing that an adjunct can get a full-time tenure-track position are the same ones who have trouble believing that a lady of the evening who has sold herself too cheaply can find a client who wants her for a wife.
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Good one... Everyone wants to believe in the academic unicorn, I just wonder if it exists and in large numbers, as other posters seem to be claiming.

Dave

Dave Wagner · Feb 2, 2007

RFValve said: ↑

Why is so hard to believe that an adjunct will become a full timer? Are you saying that a hiring committee would rather hire a total stranger than someone they know and has a good teaching record and experience?
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It doesn't seem to happen very often; that's the point in the previous postings, not why it is so hard to believe that it will happen. Belief in whether it can happen to a few individuals isn't the issue.

Dave

Dave Wagner · Feb 2, 2007

RFValve said: ↑

The 12 credits that most of MBAs offer as specialization are hardly seen as a "real specialization". Most of schools require at least 18 graduate credits in the field of specialization, you can get those at the PhD level but many get a second master's in a specialization field (At least I did this) just to satisfy the requirements to teach a subject.
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By the way, equivocating on the word "specialization" doesn't actually bolster your original point that the MBA is a general degree, which it is often not necessarily perceived to be, at least in the last two decades.

Dave

carlosb · Feb 4, 2007

RFValve said: ↑

What is your definition of middle age? Most assistant professors in business schools are on average 35 if you consider that the average MBA requires two years of post bachelor's experience before admission and the PhD requires about 4 to 5 years of full time study. In addition, it is not uncommon to see professors with a MBA and a Master's in other discipline of specialization as the MBA is a general degree.

I would say that more than 90% of the full time teaching faculty that I have met started as adjunct and moved full time later when a position became available. As a matter of fact, many contractual agreements give preference to part time teachers with certain seniority when a full time position becomes available. At least this was the case at few place where I taught, the more you taught the more your chances to get a full time gig.

Yes, it is not easy. But again, what is easy in life? Have you ever been married? Not easy either but doable.
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Take a look at the following at theAACSB site:

http://www.aacsb.edu/bridge/default.asp

Considering a Career in Academia?

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.
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I thought the following from the FAQ was interesting:

How many AACSB-accredited schools are there?
528 with over 147 business schools seeking accreditation

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