Question/concern about faculties for distance programs

So searching for the phrase ‘completely online’ brought up some useful and some unusual results. I saw one thread where a member's signature claims he works for an online school where he has not completed his masters but yet is ‘standing faculty’ there and director of the undergraduate program. Is that faculty arrangement typical in online programs? Should I not expect the same level of faculty as in the residential program?

Help?

 

It depends on what he or she is teaching. There are some types of programs that only require professional certification. For example, degree programs for airplane mechanics past the bachelor's degree are rare. The BS plus professional certification is considered the gold standard for these A&P mechanics. You don't need a master's degree to teach airplane mechanics.

It's the same for student pilot programs. There are many colleges and universities that have aviation schools for pilots. Again, you don't need a master's degree to teach people how to fly. The federally issued certified flight instructor (CFI) is all you need.

 

Looking into it, that masters is coursework/a part of their as-yet incomplete M.Div., which is an undergraduate degree (B.D.) in universities in the rest of the English-speaking world. I think it speaks volumes about the Nations University that the director of their undergraduate program is someone who has yet to complete their M.Div. At any rate, I’d hope that someone teaching me in an ‘alternate route’ program would have the same terminal degree I would expect from an instructor in a traditional program. That’s the comparison I was trying to draw.

Point taken re. the certification qualifications for technical degrees.