2011–2012 AACSB INTERNATIONAL
DEANS SURVEY RESULTS
A LOOK AT BUSINESS SCHOOL DEANS AT AACSB MEMBER SCHOOLS
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This is a general data overview of AACSB International’s most recent
Deans Survey. For more information or questions related to the survey,
please email: research@aacsb.edu
500 DEANS PARTICIPATED
School Status
Gender of Deans
Regions Their Schools Represent
Northern America
66%
Female
Male
18%
Non-Accredited
63%
82%
FEMALE
n=498
n=480; only those who reported gender
28%
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS
SPENT IN THE POSITION
1.5
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
INSTITUTIONS SERVED AS DEAN
6
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
INSTITUTIONS SERVED AS DEAN
1%
Oceania
3%
• Deans have served as little as 1 month and as
many as 26 years in their current deanship.
NOT FIRST DEANSHIP
27
Africa
{
72%
AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS
SPENT IN THE POSITION
4%
• Deans have served in their current roles for an
average of 4.6 years.
FIRST DEANSHIP
7
Asia
15%
n=498
Percent of Deans in Their First Deanship
DEANS WITH
PRIOR DEANSHIPS
Europe
18% 11%
37%
Latin
America &
Caribbean
Ages of B-School Deans
80
Chart indicates the range and average ( )
76
71
70
60
60
50
47
40
37
30
30
57
51
29
20
AT START OF PAST
FIRST DEANSHIP
AT START OF
CURRENT DEANSHIP
CURRENT
DEANS
Tenure of Previous Dean (in years)
0.3
MINIMUM
5.9
3
4.5
25 PERCENTILE
MEDIAN
MEAN
8
30
75 PERCENTILE
MAXIMUM
Position of Immediate Predecessor
INTERIM/ACTING DEAN
DEAN
TOP 3 WAYS DEANS FOUND
THEIR CURRENT POSITION
NO PREDECESSOR/
FOUNDING DEAN
PERCENTAGE
TOTAL
60
34
6
NORTHERN
AMERICA
54
43
4
ASIA
74
16
10
EUROPE
73
20
8
LATIN AMERICA
& CARIBBEAN
79
5
16
60
OCEANIA
33
83
AFRICA
{
7
17
Position Immediately Prior to
First Deanship
1
2
3
• 10% of those who were previously at a different
institution, also were in a different country.
Dean
18.5%
Associate Dean
49.7%
Department Head/Chair
Faculty Member
14.3%
15.4%
Interim/Acting Dean 11.6%
{
More Academic
18.5%
19.3%
Faculty Member 13.4%
Interim/Acting Dean 10.8%
Vice
Dean
7.1% 6.7% 6.2%
1.5%
Balance of Academic and
Professional Experience Among
Current Deans
Position Immediately Prior to
Current Deanship
Department Head/Chair
Assistant
Dean
WAS SERVING AS INTERIM DEAN AND WAS
PROMOTED (13%)
their most recent academic position was
within the same institution.
24.1%
8.1%
WAS ACTIVELY SEARCHING AND APPLIED
DIRECTLY (18%)
• 51% of deans indicated that the location of
Associate Dean
NonOther Program
Academic Academic Director
WAS NOT ACTIVELY SEARCHING AND WAS
INVITED TO APPLY (35%)
NonAcademic
6.7%
Other
Academic
6.3%
Vice
Dean
6.1%
Entirely Academic
Assistant
Dean
Program
Director
4.7%
0.6%
19.8%
About Equivalent
20%
More
Entirely
Professional Professional
7.6%
2.9%
• The top three non-academic roles ever held by current deans were a Business-Executive
Role (42%), Business Non-Executive Role (39%), and Business-Self Employed (31%).
•
66% of those who indicated a non-academic position most immediately prior to their current
deanship were in a Business-Executive Role.
• The top three areas of academic focus in deans’ academic careers were Management (14%),
Marketing (13%), and Finance (11%).
•
45% of deans have lived zero to six months in a country other than where currently
employed, while 31% have lived 6 or more years in a different country.