Excessive Professor Salary at Thunderbird

[Daithi]

Here is another article on Thunderbird that is rather interesting (article from WSJ). One of the things the article points out is that Hult International Business School and Arizona State University offered to have Thunderbird join Hult's roster of global campuses, but "Hult also intended to cut Thunderbird's board of directors to 10 from 28, with five directors each from Hult and Thunderbird." The Thunderbird board rejected that proposal. Apparently, voting yourself out of a job wasn't appealing.

My own personal opinion in regards to MBAs is that there are only a few schools worth the huge cost (Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Booth, etc.). I'd say only around 10 to 15 schools are really worth the big money, but an argument could be made for about 20 to 25 or so. If you can't get into one the top schools then you're probably much better off getting the cheapest MBA you can as a "check off box" and rely on actual experience instead of schooling.

Actually, with the exception of physicians, I believe most degrees work like this. If you can get into a school like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. then GREAT. If you can't then you're best bet is probably keeping your costs as low as possible and then set the world on fire based on your performance in your chosen field. (If you want to be a physician then get into any medical school that will accept you.)

Schools like Thunderbird and Babson, who are more specialized, are harder to classify in my view of education (which means my beliefs may be all wet). However, I have no doubt that a school like Thunderbird cannot afford to take hits to their reputation. If they lose their reputation as the top school for International Business they'll never get it back.