With present numbers of Phd enrolments, faculty retirements and rising student enrolments in management education, AACSB expects that in the USA alone there will be a shortage of approximately 2,500 PhDs by 2012. Europe is now also being affected by this shortage.

The aim of the new programme is to train experienced doctoral faculty from academic disciplines outside of business for faculty positions in accounting and finance, marketing, management, supply chain management, international business, and entrepreneurship.
Further to this two-year training programme, these non-business PhD-holders will be suitably qualified to apply for faculty positions in management education.

John J. Fernandes, president and chief executive officer of AACSB International said: “This is a vital step in addressing the shortage of academically qualified faculty that threatens the ability of business schools to meet the growing demand for high-quality business education and research.
Increasing the academic diversity of our faculties through this program will strengthen our ability to meet this global demand.”

Grenoble Ecole de Management, the only non-USA school involved in this scheme, will rely on its extensive network of doctoral-specific partnerships with the University of Newcastle, the University of Mississippi and Tongji University to deliver the programme. There will be two intakes of approximately 25 students each per year.

The other schools offering the programme are: The University of Florida (USA); University of Toledo (USA); Tulane University (USA); and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA).

Contact

 
Jean-Jacques Chanaron

Mary Zaccai + 33 4 76 70 61 87