Criminal Justice or MPA

I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday who is currently the Dean of a School of Social Work. He cannot hire me full-time because I have two Master's but neither in Social Work and the Council on Social Work Ed requires the MSW (regardless of what one's doctorate is in) to teach in a SW program.

He did mention that the school is changing and that next year he will become the dean of two additional programs: one in criminal justice and another in public administration. Does anyone know about requirements (by some national body) about criminal justice or public admininstration that require a master's or doctorate in a particular subject area like social work?

In other words, I wonder if my MA in psych, combined with 26 years of work in clinical practice, and my current administrative role in a public agency would allow me to teach in a MPA program or criminal justice (I have counseled parolees and probationees for years, worked closed with probation officers, and parole agents) etc.

Input anyone?


Old Hoosier

 

At a vocational or technical school, your experience counts.

But at the collegiate level, you are required to have 18 graduate-level credits in the subject that you want to teach. This standard comes from the regional accreditators and, subsequently, all the RA schools have pretty much adopted this standard.