What else do you want to see on the site?

Regardless of whether you belong to BYU, please list questions you have, information you want, or other things that you want to see on the website on this page. Hopefully, this can be a resource for a far greater community than just BYU individuals.

• I would love to hear about the process of going on the job market. How should I decide where to send my packet? How do programs decide who to interview? What are my chance of getting an offer if I am asked to interview? When is appropriate to turn down an interview? When is it not appropriate to not turn down an interview? Please provide any information relating to this topic on the following page: Now that I have a Ph.D., how do I get a J.O.B.?

• I would like to see a discussion about the review process. How do you decide where to submit a paper? How long does it usually take? What is expected of me when I am asked to review a paper? Is is appropriate to try to figure out who the authors are? Can I ask for the help of others? At what point in the process is it appropriate to reveal your identity as the reviewer to the author(s)?

• I think a list of universities stipends would be interesting and useful. It may not be a big basis in making any kind of decision, but, it would be interesting to see what different schools are offering. It could be under the page How much is a typical PhD School Stipend?

• I would like to see the questions and answers (and the whole site) geared more towards the average potential PhD student (not a PhD prep grad) and maybe even provide resources for non-members at other institutions. Now I can't really give prospective students here at Michigan State the website link because the information is so skewed to BYU PhD prep students who are seeking a PhD. - Kristian Allee - Faculty (Spuhlmann 11:35, 29 November 2008 (MST))

• A page full of paper replications with sas code and tables. - Scott Dyreng - Faculty (Spuhlmann 11:35, 29 November 2008 (MST))

• Information about schools for prospective Ph.D.s; information of faculty and student research interests, including faculty at other schools; teaching information; information about faculty involvement in policy, standard setting, boards, academic and professional organizations, etc. to help Ph.D.s in networking. - W. Steve Albrecht -Faculty (Spuhlmann 11:35, 29 November 2008 (MST))

• I'd like to be able to obtain information about current PhD students to determine when they plan to be on the job market and to have information about them so as we are looking for people to fill positions we can use the PhD Prep wiki as a resource. - Nate Stephens - Faculty (Spuhlmann 11:35, 29 November 2008 (MST))

• A reliable and detailed database that maintains a list of every paper published in the last N number of years in major accounting journals would be an extremely valuable resource. I know some attempts at this have been made by Ted Christensen and others, but I'm not aware of its status. - Jason Smith - Faculty (Spuhlmann 11:35, 29 November 2008 (MST))

• Information for those considering an academic career route, answers to specific questions regarding such questions as: work for a few years or go straight through? What's a PhD program like (how long, finances, can you work during, etc.)? What's it like being a professor? What is the typical salary range at various schools? Do I have to go financial or are there opportunities in audit, tax, managerial? ETC. - Doug Prawitt - Faculty (Spuhlmann 11:35, 29 November 2008 (MST))

• I think it could be useful to have a place where people could start up co-authorships on the site. Maybe a place where researchers can post a general are of interest and ask whether anyone would be interested in discussing the topic further. This could be especially helpful for Ph.D. students who don't have a big network yet. - Chad Simon - Faculty (Spuhlmann 11:35, 29 November 2008 (MST))

• More SAS programming info/links. - Adam Esplin - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• I think it would be great to have a "spotlight" on someone currently in a PhD program maybe once a month. It would be interesting to know how everyone else is doing and I think it would help others considering a PhD know more about our experiences. - Ben Lewis - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• I would be nice if the wiki would have a section on who is hiring this year and contact information. I know that SSRN has job postings but there are a lot of schools that do not post on SSRN (Chicago, Stanford, Wharton, Berkeley, USC, etc.). - Christopher Williams - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• See people actually go there. - Jeff Hoopes - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• Some way to communicate with other members through the wiki. - Spencer Pierce - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• Information for students who may choose to still get a PhD, but not in Accounting. Of course, I realize this shouldn't be a huge part of the wiki since it's main purpose is to help students get PhDs in Accounting. - Zeke Hernendez - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• Salary information for accounting professors. There are many web sites that have this information for public universities. - Paul Madsen - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• What other research students are doing. - Josh Madsen - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• SAS training would be a big plus! - Gabby Wang - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))

• Other faculty research interests. University job opportunities (including visiting/guest lecturing positions). - Jim Cannon - Doctoral Student (Spuhlmann 16:49, 1 December 2008 (MST))