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Those that do can't get paid to teach
May 04, 2009
My rant on the barriers that keep accounting practitioners from moving to the classroom draws comment from Dan Meyer, himself a (worthy) accounting professor:
Non-educators typically are made adjuncts and adjuncts are grossly underpaid. I can also understand Joe's lukewarm reaction to the "Accounting Doctoral Scholars" program. While ADS is a worthy effort, the AICPA plan still places sizable financial hardship on practitioners who are still raising a family when wishing to start transition.Some universities have "Executive in Residence" programs which may be an answer.
There are good historic reasons why universities moved to a PhD model, but requiring doctoral degrees in a professional school is a great way to keep students from exposure to actual professionals. Nowadays the PhD requirement serves largely as a barrier to entry to artificially limit the supply of college teachers, and to artificially enhance their income.
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