Teaching with a non-accredited degree???

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  1. rtongue

    rtongue New Member

    Suppose an individual has his bachelors from a state-approved (non-accredited) institution but was fortunate enough to earn his masters from a regionally accredited institution. Would the unaccredited bachelors be a stumbling block to teaching as an adjunct at a DETC or regionally accredited school? If they were hired as an adjunct, would the school even list the bachelors as a credential when they list their faculty?
     
  2. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    There are more than 3,000 properly-accredited colleges and universities with more than 100,000 departments, many with their own policies and procedures, including more than a few that maintain that maddening policy that the Scots call "intentional ambiguity." I would predict that the vast majority would have no problem with the situation you describe. Whether they would mention the Bachelor's could depend on the approving state: if California, many would. If Alabama, many wouldn't.
     
  3. foobar

    foobar Member

    Re: Teaching with a non-accredited degree???

    It should not be an impediment per se. The primary reason I obtained a Masters degree was to validate my USNY-Regents degree earned primarily by exam to anyone that would question it.

    However a b & m school might have questions about your ability to relate to students in an environment you did not experience as an undergrad.
     
  4. Lerner

    Lerner Well-Known Member

    A person with MBA from EBS HWU may have no bachelors degree.

    I know a few people that earned MBA from EBS.
    One had BA or BS degree from state licensed unaccredited school, one had only AS DETC degree and another person had incomplete bachelors degree if there is such a thing - short of few classes from USNY BA.

    All are managers not teachers but I think they can teach if they apply.

    Learner
     
  5. Anthony Pina

    Anthony Pina Active Member

    Depending upon the situation, the non-accredited degree could be a stumbling block. If the RA masters degree was in the area to be taught, then there is the possiblity that the bachelors might be overlooked. It is also quite possible that the persons involved in hiring many be unaware of the non-accredited status of the degree. Rich Douglas found this to be true in his dissertation research among human resources professionals in industry. In my service on hiring committees in higher ed, I found many instances where the other members of the committee and the personnel staff were unaware that certain schools were not accredited.

    Chances are that mroe attention will be paid to the masters, however, I have seen several cases were candidates with non-accredited degrees were eliminated from consideration. The most common instance where I witnessed the hiring of persons with unaccredited degrees was the case of adjunct faculty at community colleges with RA bacherlors and masters degrees and state-approved doctorates. Most often, they were hired based on the RA masters degree and paid at the masters degree level (those with RA doctorates were paid at the doctoral level).
     
  6. eckert16

    eckert16 New Member

    It would also seem to depend on which degree is needed for the position.
     
  7. jimnagrom

    jimnagrom New Member

    Re: Teaching with a non-accredited degree???

    All that matters is the Masters.
     
  8. jouster

    jouster New Member

    I'm a Scot born and bred though I now live in the nutmeg state.

    I just want to point out that I've never heard of that policy. Googling for it brought up articles on The UN, computer programing and religion.

    Just out of curiosity, and mea culpa for the off topic-ism, but where in my homeland is it commonly used?
     
  9. jimnagrom

    jimnagrom New Member

    It's part of a vast, right-wing conspiracy that you're not supposed to know about ;)
     

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