MBA where?

[splirow]

As I start to look at potential graduate school options... I have a question for everyone here.

If i wanted to become a Professor at a college for business courses, can the cheaper options for MBAs floated in this forum qualifies me to do so? (ENEB, Elmwood, etc)

Has anyone achieved that?

[bjcheung77]

All the cheap MBA options will work for you, I suggest reviewing this sticky thread and go for the HAU MBA as it's RA and less of a headache, you won't need to have a foreign evaluation like the ENEB double degree : https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...der-1-Year

Having said that, you can also do the ENEB double masters and have it evaluated as a graduate certificate, plus Validential as a Masters. There are some states that will allow teaching with this option, if you're in the states mentioned on the WIKI (my signature link for ENEB), you'll have a lesser risk of failure.

[Jonathan Whatley]

As I start to look at potential graduate school options... I have a question for everyone here.

If i wanted to become a Professor at a college for business courses, can the cheaper options for MBAs floated in this forum qualifies me to do so? (ENEB, Elmwood, etc)

Has anyone achieved that?

No, that isn’t realistically likely.

I think we’ve never seen any instance of someone becoming a professor of business on the basis of a master’s degree from either a proprio-type school such as ENEB or a nationally accredited DEAC school such as Elmwood.

Someone once pointed to an instructor in a non-degree vocational program at a community college in Canada who held an ENEB degree as their highest. But that community college program did not even require instructors to have any degree, just strong vocational experience.

I expect a few graduates with a DEAC qualifying degree have gone on to be instructors, but wholly or largely low-paid part-time adjuncts.

Hundreds of applicants often compete for a single position as professor. Competition is becoming even fiercer as many colleges are hit by declining student numbers due to demographics, declining government funding, and economic uncertainty.

The committees and officials who hire professors generally emphasize traditional markers of academic prestige. Will you have these?

Your competition will have deeply informed letters of recommendation from their professors about how their research projects reached the quality of a professor writing about their subject, and their in-class collaborations reached the depth of a professor teaching their subject. Will you have these?

[krush]

I work for a University (4 year) at a Community College (2 year). Both schools require a Masters to teach but you also need experience in your field. Most of the time you need to have teaching experience as well. Most start off as a non-tenured position. Nearly off of the professors I work with have day jobs and teach on the side for one reason or another.

We don't know anything about your background. Perhaps you've been in the business sector for decades, and have been in charge of teaching new employees. I'm not saying that kind of teaching experience will qualify but it's better than nothing. Like it was mentioned, it's getting harder and harder to land tenured positions and/or get your foot in the door. Not saying it isn't possible but simply trying to give you a heads up that it might be a long road, especially if you're getting the MBA only to teach.

[Vle045]

I would also have to say mostly no. Especially ENEB. I would suggest something that is RA. But you will need to back that up with experience.

[bjcheung77]

Everyone will sway you in all directions, you'll have to be deciding for yourself after you've reviewed answers. Basically, as per my link above, you want to review the affordable masters options that have programmatic or secondary accreditation - preference to AACSB (for teaching at 4 year college or university and higher) and/or ACBSP (for teaching at community college and higher).

As I always recommend the balanced mix/match trifecta of certs, degree, experience, the other trifecta of cost, ease, speed will come into play. You want to do the triple tap (yes, the third trifecta) of A+B, add ROI/Value, and customize or personalize that learning to what you need and want. You decide with all the info provided to you which route you want to go, how to reach there...

Be your own guinea pig and see if doing the double ENEB for the extra knowledge and filling learning gaps will work for you, then do a proper MBA/DBA afterwards, you need to know your end goal and if that goal hits the requirements for the institution you teach at. Look at state, local, federal certification and licensing requirements as well. Good luck, keep us updated...

[splirow]

Thank you all for the replies... Maybe i can share more...

I have 25yrs experience in business in different capacity. Currently serving dual roles in product/project management and development. I just want to teach part time at a community college.

That being said... its safe to assume ENEB is out of the question. However, I will still try and get it. I still have space on my wall for more diplomas...lol

[bjcheung77]

Great stuff, basically, continue working towards the Bachelors and finish that goal as your first step. TESU has ACBSP, I would ladder that to HAU MBA or WGU MSML, WGU MBA, or something that you're interested in within the link I provided earlier. Most of these programs are AACSB (preferred) or ACBSP (good for community college), with some just plain jane or with IACBE. You want to make your application stronger with a rounder package of certs, degree, experience, having a WGU MSML is an alternative to the MBA as it's also ACBSP plus, Management & Leadership is an area of Business Admin, even the program shares 5 classes or so...

[LevelUP]

For ranked colleges, the most recommended college is usually the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which has a reasonably priced iMBA program.

https://giesonline.illinois.edu/explore-...online-mba

[Hotdogman1]

At my CC, the minimum requirement to adjunct is 15 RA graduate credits in a subject. You apply for an open adjunct position and get added to a pool of applicants. When there is a need, the department chair picks out a couple CVs from the pool and hires them.

There was an issue last semester where they needed additional instructors for Intro to Business. I work once a week at the testing center and was familiar with the department chair, so I agreed to teach despite only having 24 business graduate credits. I should have given it more thought since balancing a full-time job, part-time grad school, and instructing (in person) for the first time was much more demanding than I expected. On a side note, I don't work at the CC for the money, but I made more per hour at the testing center than instructing (including prep and grading). If the goal is to just instruct, then any business degree should suffice. It might differ per institution but my department chair didn't care about the business accreditation as long as it is regionally accredited (only for adjunct, different story for professors). This also doesn't apply to CCs in general since almost every STEM/English/History adjunct had PhDs.

Open your local CC's internal Job page. There should be millions of adjunct job postings and they should contain pay and minimum education information. Reach out to the department chair and ask if 25 work experience + Bachelor's would be enough to start instructing. If they require a full masters, check the minimum requirement for College 101 courses as they tend to only require a bachelor's degree and could serve as a stepping stone to teaching business courses in the future.