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Teaching in Higher Education
12022-01-25T21:02:17+00:00Megan Friesseb997c0d016d5c32b97b7c31c416fd639c88358b15811plain110232022-10-02T22:28:36+00:00Ian Koheb5fa959396133622853f1067516e6fb345243d1TeachingEarning an MFA degree makes a person qualified to teach in community colleges across the nation and to become an adjunct professor at a four-year university. A teaching credential is not required like it would be if a person wanted to teach in a K-12 school. Teaching in higher education can be a good day job for a writer. Some obvious benefits include things like:
Consistent income
Long holidays and summer months off
Health insurance
Sick days / personal leave
Retirement contributions or a pension
These benefits offer stability for a writer while also allowing them time to actually accomplish their writing. Make no mistake however, teaching is not an easy job and is not a career that should be treated as lesser than a career as a full-time writer. If academia and teaching in higher education is the path you would wish to pursue, more detailed information can be found in the following pages regarding concepts such as the ins and outs of teaching at a two-year community college and a four-year university, and an overview of what adjunct teaching and tenure is for thoughts who may have heard of the terms but not know too much about them.