Comments on: Will a fully accredited online Masters degree be enough to find a community college teaching position?

By: Professor X

Professor X — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:50:17 +0000

I am going to be quite honest with you.

There is very little chance that you will ever be hired to teach at a community college with an online degree.

Academia still looks askance at degrees (especially graduate degrees) that are not earned in residence, while being closely supervised by noted scholars in your field of study.

I realize that GGU is WASC accredited, but honestly, at the graduate level, mere accreditation is meaningless. Reputation of one’s program (in terms of scholarly rigor) means everything.

If you wish to teach finance, your work experience in finance will serve you well, given community college hiring practices in that area. There is currently a high demand for finance professors, and substantial work experience is highly valued in this field. However, you should also hold a degree in finance that is earned in residence through a highly reputable department.

As to industrial psychology, even if your work experience is in this field, you will need at least an MA in psychology to teach this at the community college level. Many of your competitors will hold the PhD, so if you do not, your work experience in this area should be substantial.

I wish you success.

By: just here in nc

just here in nc — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:12:57 +0000

Generally speaking, community colleges, normally require a masters degree in the subject you want to teach or a masters degree and 18 semester credit hours in the subject. Some community colleges will accept BS degrees for development or foundation courses. It depends on the program and the community college and what their requirements are for instructors. I would contact the colleges you want to work for and either call to find out what their requirements are for teaching or look on their websites for job announcements, that normally liste the requirements. You could also try the continuing education departments at some of the colleges.

By: gs_analyst

gs_analyst — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:23:24 +0000

Who is exactly is the accrediting agency? GGU is another diploma mill What is the WASC?

By: mamapie2u

mamapie2u — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:11:37 +0000

Call the headquarters for the community college district and ask.

By: jdmramon

jdmramon — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:52:39 +0000

Hmm I do not have very much experience in this, But as long as it is a fully accredited degree, I dont think they have a choice but to look at it as a normal masters, and with two masters you should have no problem landing a job as a professor at a community college.