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of business schools indicate higher earnings, some cautionary signals, and a few surprises. by Dan LeClair D Field/Discipline Accounting/Taxation 106.9 Behavioral Science/ 114.4 Organizational Behavior CIS/MIS Economics/ Managerial Economics Finance/Banking/Real 121.6 104.1 98.3 Estate/Insurance Human Resource Management Management Marketing 102.4 101.0 107.7 Production/Operations 107.7 Management Quantitative Methods/ 105.9 Operations Research/ Statistics Strategic Management 118.1 Combined (All fields/ 106.8 disciplines, including fields/disciplines not listed above) appears to prevail across all business disciplines. The AACSB survey, conducted between October and espite a sagging economy and shrinking budgets, salaries in U.S. business schools are still posting gains; in addition, new hires are being added at a healthy clip. According to findings from the 35th annual AACSB International Salary Survey, solid growth December of 2002, collected salary data on 25,089 business faculty members across all ranks in 28 business fields and on 4,253 administrators in 25 typical administrative positions. A total of 494 schools participated. Survey response rates were particularly high among accredited schools. Of the accredited schools invited to par- ticipate, 95 percent chose to complete a survey. While the complexities of conducting an international salary survey have not yet been resolved, collaboration with other organizations is expanding the data in some areas. Mean Salaries by Field/Discipline ($'s in 000's) Associate Assistant 86.2 84.5 Professor Professor Professor Instructor Doctorate 87.7 89.7 New 50.7 53.7 85.7 71.9 93.3 80.1 78.6 84.0 86.8 81.9 86.3 84.0 82.7 66.1 97.4 72.5 75.3 81.8 84.0 73.6 84.5 81.6 49.8 47.0 97.8 82.5 89.1 67.0 57.1 102.4 49.8 50.4 73.6 82.4 49.6 55.8 46.3 60.9 50.4 88.8 91.1 76.1 90.1 88.2 BizEd MARCH/APRIL 2003 43