charlesr

You and your husband should find out where the graduates of this program go. That information will help you decide if this program will benefit him.

I would choose option 2. Since you have been accused but not found guilty I do not believe you are under any obligation to disclose this to schools to which you've applied. I am a professor and had a broadly similar case last year only it involved a larger number of students. They all had identical answers for most of the questions on my final exam, and by identical I mean they even rounded in the same unusual way. I am convinced they had a copy of the exam in advance and worked out the problems they could; they all got the last problem wrong. An honor board composed of student and faculty found them not guilty.

AN MBA may not be your best option. This varies by regional accreditor, but to teach a subject you typically need 18 graduate credit hours in that subject. An MAcc may be a better choice than an MBA.

No. This is most likely a benefit for full time employees only.

If you barely passed micro then a PhD is probably not a good idea. What do your professors/advisors think?

This is how I did my PhD. Being on campus 2-3 days per week during the dissertation phase was not ideal but I got through it.

It's hard to answer your question without knowing anything about you. How likely are you to get into one of those two top programs? How underplaced will you be in the two lower-ranked programs? I lived 1.5 hours from my grad school. The first two years I lived on campus during the week and came home weekends. From a grads school socialization standpoint that was fine. After than I commuted on a daily basis several days a week. That was less effective. Two hours a day each way will get very tiring very quickly. I assume you are talking about a driving commute. A train/bus would be better. Before you start any program I think you need to have a talk with your husband about the likelihood of relocating after graduation. I, too, was geographically constrained and I went from grad school to an academic job without having to relocate. I probably could have gone to a better grad school and gotten a better job but I was willing to make the trade-off. After grad school it took me three years to get a tenure track position.

I agree with the others. Have you considered the long run financial impact? A position at a school that does not require research will not pay very well -- $50-$65k. Also, are you willing to live anywhere? Academia is a national market.

Business schools charge a lot for MBAs and executive executive education programs. There are not too many NSF-type grants in business and post-docs are unusual.

Too Big to Fail - Sorkin. A Conspiracy of Fools - Eichenwald. House of Cards - Cohan. Barbarians at the Gates - Burroughs and Hellyer.

How are you funded? I imagine it would be difficult to be gone from campus much if you are an RA or a TA.

For someone with good time management skills and little aspiration to do quality research, then yes, a teaching school is a relatively low pressure environment. I am a tenured associate professor, although not in accounting, in such a business school. During the academic year my normal workweek probably averages 40-50 hours. During summers it's probably 20 hours. Note two things: Your salary at one of these schools will be significantly lower than at a research university. Graduate school is very hard and you will work much more there, especially while taking classes.

You'll probably get more teaching experience in mid- to low-ranked programs than you would in a top program. I'd look at programs' web sites to see if any of them mention training students to teach. That being said, even if you do find such a program, and I am not sure that one exists, research is still the number one priority.

Typically you have to be tenured and have been at the college for 6-7 years. Then you're entitled to one every 6-7 years.

Yes , LACs offer sabbaticals.

How much accounting have you had? Don't forget about the teaching aspect of the career.

Why does a manager care about low quality work? It's easier for him to do nothing. See "civil service"

Why not apply to the PhD now? Of the four degrees I think the MBA is least useful for your purposes.

Not to a school that values research. Its value is that graduates are Academically Qualified by AACSB in finance for 5 years. It's purely accreditation-driven.

In my experience a Clinical Professor is a renewable non-TT position for someone with a PhD. More teaching and less, but still some, research are required. Pay is probably a somewhat below TT.

I'd leave it off. It may raise questions about why you left after 3 months.

If you graduate from an AACSB accounting PhD program, absent serious personal hygiene and mental health problems, you almost certainly will be able to get a TT position at an AACSB accredited school. Even the weakest of these should have no more than a 3/3 teaching load. Starting salary is in the 95-110 range. You'll need to produce some research but at the lower level schools quantity dominates quality. Consistently publishing an article every year or two should be sufficient for tenure at places like this. I teach (but not in accounting) at one of these places.

Even if the lack of feedback and socialization were not problems (and I think they are) your idea is not a good one. You underestimate how much time and energy a dissertation take. There is practically no way you will be able to hold down a full time job and work on your research nights and weekends.

It was designed by a committee.

I think it's possible at many places although more likely in 4th/5th year than in 3rd. You probably lose all funding. Other than extenuating circumstances it is probably not a good idea. You won't be as productive and have no face time.