DBA then PHD Top Up

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A DBA and a PhD in Business are two different degrees with two different purposes covering the same academic discipline. Having done one, I doubt any serious university would admit you to the other. Besides, the course work is different, as are the research preparation courses.

It also doesn't make sense professionally. A graduate of a DBA program wanting to enter academia would face far more resistance because of their lack of an academic background vs. the type (scholarly or professional) of degree they hold. Getting a different degree would not change that fact.

Where did you get your data from? The comparison of scholarly vs professional doctorates is not valid. The root word of "scholarly" is school, so any degree granted by a university is by definition "scholarly". The National Science Foundation identifies the DBA as a research doctorate. DBA holders are fully qualified to publish journal papers, hold tenure-track positions, and serve on doctoral committees.

45 years of experience and a PhD in higher education.

You're wrong about "scholarly." Dead wrong. I mean, seriously wrong. Like, dropped on one's head wrong.

You just conflated "research" and "scholarly" doctorates. This is really misplaced.

Scholarly and professional doctorates are different, but they're both "research" degrees. Geez....

I think that maybe you are part of the "old guard" that doesn't consider anything except a PhD as being a "real" doctorate. Times are changing my friend. One can obtain a professional doctorate like a DBA, EdD, etc and still publish and qualify for tenure-track academic positions. Maybe not at the "elite" insitutions who gatekeep based on the older notions such as you have demonstrated previously. Nevertheless, if one obtains an AACSB DBA, there are any number of universities where they would be able to gain employment. Less so with a non-AACSB DBA, etc.