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Subject:Re: Community College Teaching with MS From:"Doug, Data Librarian at Ext 4225" <engstromdd -at- PHIBRED -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 2 Nov 1994 08:18:21 -0600
Joseph Little wrote:
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...They seemed to infer that a PhD was required for teaching
tech comm at a community college. However, others said an
MS is fine, as long as you have the suitable background they
are looking for. So, my question is: In your locale, is an
MS sufficient for community college teaching?
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When my wife was interviewing for college teaching positions here in Des
Moines, she had relatively little difficulty in picking up part-time work
with an MA in English, even at 4-year colleges. She's worked at community
colleges in Michigan where a fair chunk of the faculty had MA's and didn't
seem to be in a doctoral program.
During one interview with a four-year college in Des Moines, the fact that
I was a technical writer came out, and they asked if I would be interested
in doing some part-time teaching. She explained that I had only a BA, and
they said that was fine, they desperately needed someone with experience.
So, I'd say it's worth a shot.
Doug "There are no small projects,
ENGSTROMDD -at- phibred -dot- com just incredibly bad initial
estimates."
