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胖嘟嘟006

Tripleg 发表于 2020-5-28 04:28
Good to know!

Thank you?
One graduated student in management of fiu got a very good placement this year.

Tripleg

Despite the much conjectured impact of the current international environment on the admissions cycle in the coming year, our suggestion remains that one try her very best to gain acceptance into a school in Tier 1, Tier 2, or part of Tier 3 of our Placement Rankings. Some of these schools are non-American, such as INSEAD, LBS, HKUST, and Tilburg.

Again, we can never emphasize this enough: Placements are king!

古天乐

Tripleg 发表于 2020-6-7 19:44
Despite the much conjectured impact of the current international environment on the admissions cycle ...

Thank you so much for yourkind warnings and suggestions.

I'm so grateful to have read this post before I finalized myschool list which at that time included 4 5th tier schools, 3 4th tier schools,and the reminding 3 schools that are even too poor to be included in the list, because I didn't realize how important the placements record is to a PhD program.

Tripleg

古天乐 发表于 2020-6-8 02:23
Thank you so much for yourkind warnings and suggestions.

I'm so grateful to have read this post be ...

Thank you for sharing your application experience and for voicing your support of our Program Placement Ranking Project.

Tripleg

                                                                                   Putting the Research School Concept into Perspective


When we say one is placed at a research school, what do we specifically mean by it? We believe some clarification needs to be in order. For illustrative simplicity, we restrict our discussion to institutions in the US.

If one joins an R1 institution (characterized by very high research activity) under the Carnegie Classification, we can, by and large, safely assert that she is with a research school, whether it refers to the business school of the institution more specifically or to the institution itself more generally. That being said, there exist some exceptions. Among the examples are University of Southern Mississippi, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Montana State University; according to various information sources, the business schools of these universities are more teaching-focused relative to those of other R1 institutions.

If one joins an R2 institution, answering the question of whether she is with a research school or not becomes more complex and involved whether we mean by it the business school or the university at large. On the one hand, many business schools of R2 institutions are widely considered as teaching-oriented, including those at some reputable institutions, examples ranging from Arkansas State University to Illinois State University and to Yeshiva University. On the other hand, a number of R2 institutions rank toward the bottom, or are not included, in traditional rankings of research universities, such as National Universities Ranking of USNEWS (as a matter of fact, quite some R2 institutions, such as Delaware State University, are labeled under the category of Regional Masters Colleges and Universities in USNEWS). In addition, certain R2 institutions do not seem to be highly relevant to the business community, such as Colorado School of Mines.

Finally, if one joins a college or university that is neither R1- nor R2- classified, it is almost invariantly the case that it is a teaching school. Typically, these include, among others, the satellite or regional campuses of public research universities, state university systems (e.g. the System of California State Universities), and private colleges.

Tripleg

Publications for Job Candidates: How Decent is Decent?

Answers to the question vary depending on the specific areas of concentration. For economics, while a publication in a top 5 journal (e.g. ReStud) can ensure one a faculty position in a reputed research university or a position in a leading research institution, a publication in a number of other journals (e.g., RAND Journal) is outstanding and therefore quite helpful as well. In comparison, each of the business disciplines generally has no more than a few journals that are considered as top. In the case of finance and accounting, the broad consensus is that a publication in one of the top five journals is truly decent and therefore anyone who has it under her belt really shines in the market. On the other hand, papers that appear in lower level outlets (e.g., Financial Analyst Journal and Accounting Horizons) may still make a difference to one's job prospects, but often to varying extents; also, those in "mediocre" journals can be hurtful.

As emphasized time and again, the ranking of a candidate's home institution plays a decisive role. If, unfortunately, one is from a lower-ranking school, she is still poised to compete favorably with her top school peers provided she has a top journal publication in her credentials. But such senarios rarely play out at all because the lower ranking one's school is, the less likely she is to have a decent publication (or working paper) at the time of job market and even well into her career.

donnotknow

Very good info. Are you going to do rankings for different fields?

Tripleg

donnotknow 发表于 2020-6-21 12:12
Very good info. Are you going to do rankings for different fields?

Thank you. Preparing disaggregate rankings is currently not on our radar. In fact, we do not expect this to happen until people on our forum (and in the society at large) are more public spirited. That said, recently someone has spearheaded the effort by compiling placement information for selected finance programs.

As emphasized repeatedly, generally, each concentration among the Tier 1 and Tier 2 programs in our Placement Rankings (roughly corresponding to what we commonly call Top 30) is an excellent performer. Variability becomes visible or even pronounced only in programs starting from Tier 3; this has been discussed in substantial detail in prior postings.

* We use the words of school and program interchangeably.

Tripleg

Many of us may be familiar with the well-known catchphrase, "It's the economy, stupid." According to Wikipedia and other sources, it had been coined as a slogan or rallying cry for Clinton's presidential bid more than 20 years ago. It has become a snowclone in American popular culture. We would like to parody the phrase to suit our own context and get "It's the placements, stupid."

Tripleg

To the best of our knowledge, all fulltime business PhD programs in North America provide funding to each and every enrolled student in the form of a research assistantship (or teaching assistantship in occasional cases) or a combination of the two. This is designed for dual purposes, i.e., to ensure that students have the opportunity to work with faculty in research and that they can concentrate in their studies without having to worry about living expenses (sometimes the latter is considered to be more important than the former). Regarding annual stipend support as a component of such funding, it varies widely, ranging from over $40,000 at Harvard Business School to around $20,000 or less. However, we have recently noted a few postings in which the posters asserted that their offers of acceptance were not accompanied by funding. While we are unable to verify these claims, they are quite concerning to us. As we understand it, these students have to pay their own way, including being responsible for tuition (cumulative payments over five or six years can be a gigantic amount and far exceed that of a top MBA Program). While they may be able to access certain research and teaching assignments, we presume that these do not cover tuition nor pay a stipend (based on the simple logic that if otherwise, they would then be categorized as fully funded students) but pay an hourly rate (for example, $15). If we are correct, then income from such sources would be modest and therefore go a long way towards meeting financial obligations and living expenses. To conclude, we remain unconvinced about the existence of unfunded offers of admission in the universe of business PhD programs, esp. in North America. If they do exist as unusual cases, however, we caution that those who receive them make intelligent, well-thought-out decisions on whether to accept them or not, taking into consideration a full array of factors, both program-wise and school-wise, such as faculty research productivity, program curriculum and funding, and, of course, placement records. Among the imperative questions to ask are why the program insists on admiting unfunded students and how the resultant absence of a "bonding" relationship between students and faculty affects the research of these students.

Amid the current situation, many universities are confronting financial challenges as a result of both revenue losses (caused by enrollment dips, athletic events cancellations, etc.) and external funding cuts (this is especially the case for public universities). This is expected to have a rippling effect on PhD programs, those in business included. While we don't think the vast majority of the programs will waver on their commitment to providing all enroled students with full funding, what about the aforementioned few that are out of the ordinary, if they do exist at all?