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Connecting Senior Executives to a Career in Academia

Considering a Career in Academia?

This program is designed to prepare high-level senior executives for a professionally qualified faculty position within an AACSB accredited business school. Through a partnership with the University of California, Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business and the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, the AACSB Bridge Program enables the transfer of professional experience into teaching excellence.



Upcoming Program Offerings

October 18–23, 2009
Hosted by Babson College
Babson Executive Conference Center
Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA


The AACSB Bridge Program enables individuals to:

  • Understand academic culture and today's student
  • Discover what makes truly great teachers
  • Develop effective teaching skills and the fundamentals of course development and delivery
  • Gain valuable insight into the student learning process

Complete Learning Objectives

Attendees of the AACSB PQ Bridge Program are pre-screened to ensure graduates meet general AACSB accreditation standards for professionally qualified faculty and have completed an intensive program to prepare them for an entry level academic position. Specific determination of professionally qualified status is made by individual business schools consistent with their mission and policies.

Program Delivery Methods

  • Instructional Presentations
  • Lecture Discussions
  • Group Deliberations
  • Lab Exercises
  • Guest Speakers
  • Corresponding Daily Assignments



With scholarship support provided for select applicants by:

Scholarship Information