Why Business Academia?

Setting Your Own Agenda - Pursuing your Career in Business Academia

While all academicians can make their mark in a field, those in business have the opportunity to influence both the educational and the corporate sectors. Because most research is grounded in the reality of business, many scholars today see their theories enacted in actual practice across the business spectrum.

Becoming a Business Professor

Why should you consider becoming a business professor? There are several reasons: job security, an attractive income, flexible work conditions, intellectual stimulation, etc. Given the shortage of individuals holding a doctoral degree in business and increasing demand for their services, now is a particularly good time to become a business professor.

A Few Good Professors: U.S. Business Schools Suffer a Dearth of Doctorates

A shortage of business faculty with doctoral degrees has troubled academia for more than a decade...the AACSB report predicted that the U.S. shortage of business Ph.D.s would reach 2,419 by the end of this decade.

Myths and Facts about Doctoral Studies

Survey participants were encouraged to share their perceptions of issues pertaining to the pursuit of a Ph.D. and the lifestyle of business doctoral faculty members. The survey shows candidate perceptions were inconsistent with reality.