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(20,176 posts)Why don't more adjunct professors seek and take positions in non-college education?
I went to prep school as I've mentioned before...my mother served first on our board of trustees and later on the Archdiocesan school board. That's the source of this question...I know factually that in assessing new hires, the QP (qualitative points1) bonus given to Ph.D-holders is just about insurmountable unless they are disqualified for non-qualitative reasons2--basically they have a direct path to a salaried job with benefits if they apply to teach in many preparatory and private schools. You'd think we'd have many such applicants and yet we get almost none...and we pay better than many associate professorships. Never understood why; can you shed light on that--is there a reason they don't apply or are they unaware of the opportunity?
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1: How hiring-candidates are rated by many prep-schools in order to produce a clear numerical score for comparison of applicants, basically a way to mitigate subjective differences (such as different interviewers for the same opening) out of the process: usually something like 1 point for baccalaureate education, 4 pts. for masters, 8 pts. for doctorate, 1 pt for every 5 years of previous classroom experience, several more criteria including publication and awards. The full QP scoresheet runs two pages.
2: arrest record, espoused views anathema to those of the school, previous misconduct, suspicion of pedophilia, exceptionally poor interview, resume lies, poor references, etc.