What background education and experience does one need to obtain employment in higher education?

Question

I am writing for someone close to me who has a BS in business and an MA in Education (social studies); both degrees are from major universities. He also has outstanding GPA's from both. He has completed two internships with pro sport's teams and a year of sales marketing in an athletic facility. He would like to apply his teaching / business background to a career at the college/university level. Does he have the credentials it takes? How does one go about getting such jobs? Can you suggest guidance? Thanks so much

Answer 1

He won't get far in the world of academia without a Master's degree in the subject he wants to teach PLUS relevant work experience. An MA isn't an MBA, so that pretty much disqualifies him from teaching anything related to Commerce. He doesn't have any teaching experience, so his MA isn't very relevant either. If your friend really wants to work in higher education, he needs to get AT LEAST five years' relevant work experience in an area related to his graduate degree. This means he needs to work in something related to Education, so he can go back and teach in the Faculty of Education. If he wants to teach Business-related courses, he'll need to upgrade to an MBA and get more work experience. As it stands, your friend proabably qualifies only for work in crappy private career-training "colleges" (the type that advertise during Jerry Springer). Come back in eight years (when he's got the experience and/or MBA) and we can talk about the actual job application process.

Answer 2

This very much depends on what he wants to do in higher education, and the type of school he has in mind. In general, he is not qualified for a faculty position at most places, since he doesn't have a Ph.D. and even his M.A. seems to be more focused on high school teaching than on anything offered at universities or even community colleges. Faculty positions generally call for extensive education in one particular area. He might look at something in the athletics department, since his background includes some sports administration. He might also consider something like development or advancement (the commonly-used names for fund-raising), since he has sales experience and some background in sports, which can be helpful.

Answer 3

I would tell your friend to ask a school I am sure it varies from state to state and I do know that you do not need your teaching license to teach at a college, or at least a private college.

Answer 4

in certain situations definite, in certain situations no. they many times gauge the outcome of the truthfulness of a history examine on percentage, so if 70% of claims do not examine out, then they received't pursue hiring.