I got a job offer to teach networking

[Bibby]

Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn, offering me a position to become an adjunct networking professor. Unfortunately, it's from one of those nationally-accredited, for-profit colleges, and the school has an iffy reputation. For that reason, I doubt I'll pursue the position. (If you want to know which college is it, shoot me a PM.)

Has anyone on this forum received a similar offer before? Do for-profit colleges hire a lot of adjuncts with no more than a bachelor's degree?

[sanantone]

Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn, offering me a position to become an adjunct networking professor. Unfortunately, it's from one of those nationally-accredited, for-profit colleges, and the school has an iffy reputation. For that reason, I doubt I'll pursue the position. (If you want to know which college is it, shoot me a PM.)

Has anyone on this forum received a similar offer before? Do for-profit colleges hire a lot of adjuncts with no more than a bachelor's degree?

For vocational programs that have an undergraduate degree as a terminal degree or don't really have a terminal degree at all, one can find people with just a bachelor's degree teaching courses at a community college. Regional accreditators allow for it. When it comes to national accreditors, the one I dealt with was more flexible. The nationally accredited, for-profit college I taught at would hire people with bachelor's degrees to teach CJ courses. This is what I've not seen at community colleges. People with bachelor's degrees or less teach continuing education courses in law enforcement academies, but I haven't seen them teach courses worth college credit in a CJ program. A master's degree or JD is typically the minimum requirement to teach in associate's programs.

Here is an interesting quote from one of my former coworkers who had a bachelor's degree and was hired to teach CJ courses at the NA for-profit. "I'm not qualified to teach college courses."

[Bibby]

For vocational programs that have an undergraduate degree as a terminal degree or don't really have a terminal degree at all, one can find people with just a bachelor's degree teaching courses at a community college.

That's interesting. I didn't know that. Years ago, back when my college was still a community college, pretty much every instructor had a master's degree. The only one who didn't was, in my opinion, the best professor I've ever had. However, she was an exceptionally talented person who had a lot of previous experience. (It's also worth noting that she has a master's now and is studying for her doctorate.)

Here is an interesting quote from one of my former coworkers who had a bachelor's degree and was hired to teach CJ courses at the NA for-profit. "I'm not qualified to teach college courses."

That's basically the way I feel, too. I know I could teach this class, but my bachelor's degree is in IT, not networking. The idea of actually teaching a class is still a bit scary to me, especially in a subject that I don't feel fully qualified to teach. That said, I have a feeling that some of these nationally-accredited colleges are hiring people far less qualified than I am.