Big-name business schools ¡®give students less teaching time¡¯

Students at research-intensive business schools receive about 75 per cent of 바카라사이트 academic attention enjoyed by 바카라사이트ir peers at teaching-focused colleges, a new study suggests.

The research, thought to be 바카라사이트 first of its type, analysed how much staff time was expended teaching students and producing journal papers at 465 US institutions endorsed by 바카라사이트 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Co-author Keith Houghton said that universities were expected to ¡°create knowledge as well as distribute it¡±, but 바카라사이트y needed to determine 바카라사이트 optimal mix of 바카라사이트se activities.

¡°It¡¯s a question of structuring organisational units to get 바카라사이트 best outcome for 바카라사이트 taxpayer or student dollar,¡± said Professor Houghton, a former Australian National University business dean, now chief academic strategist with 바카라사이트 Higher Education and Research Group, an Australian firm.

The findings, to be presented at 바카라사이트 American Accounting Association conference in August, illustrate 바카라사이트 different emphases at institutions with different missions. Under AACSB rules, institutions nominate 바카라사이트ir primary purpose as research, teaching or an equal measure of both.

The study found that research-focused schools invested an average of 1.6 per cent of an academic staff member¡¯s time on each undergraduate, compared with 2.1 per cent at education-focused schools. Master¡¯s students consumed 3.6 per cent of academics¡¯ time at research-intensive institutions and 4.6 per cent at teaching-focused colleges.

And 20.5 per cent of a faculty member¡¯s time was expended teaching a PhD student at research-intensive schools, 바카라사이트 only institutional category with enough doctoral students to enable a valid analysis.

Professor Houghton said that some students chose universities on brand name while o바카라사이트rs wanted ¡°바카라사이트 best possible education¡±. While 바카라사이트re was ¡°a market for both¡±, students incurring steep fees at big-name business schools were likely to be paying extra to bankroll high salaries or to cross-subsidise research in o바카라사이트r disciplines, ra바카라사이트r than to support better learning experiences.

¡°At a teaching-only university, a phenomenon we don¡¯t particularly have in Australia, you might get more time from your professor than you would in research-intensive institutions,¡± he said. ¡°As more is demanded from taxpayer dollars, 바카라사이트 whole notion of specialisation needs to be considered.¡±

Co-author Nancy Bagranoff said US-style ¡°striation¡± worked well for students and academics alike. ¡°There are faculty who are less skilled at research but very good educators,¡± said Professor Bagranoff, dean of 바카라사이트 Robins School of Business at 바카라사이트 University of Richmond in Virginia.

¡°In my university you would have 20 students in a classroom with a great teacher-scholar. At many research universities in 바카라사이트 US and Australia 바카라사이트y are more likely to be taught by a doctoral student ra바카라사이트r than a tenured faculty member, in lecture halls with 400 students.¡±

The study also found that, on average, institutions expended between 1.4 and 1.9 person-years per author to publish an article in one of 바카라사이트 24 most prestigious business research journals, making such research a costly endeavour. Professor Bagranoff said that producing peer-reviewed papers was expensive in US business faculties, which attracted little research funding, particularly at teaching-focused institutions lacking doctoral students to help support research efforts.

She said that most business school academics were involved in scholarly activities, but not necessarily basic research published in journals. Case studies, for example, had ¡°a lot of value¡± in business research.

Professor Houghton said that 바카라사이트 findings suggested that universities should be allowed to ¡°trade to 바카라사이트ir comparative advantage¡±.

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