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carvers4math said:
I think the only way that really works is that your community colleges have to be able to teach your basic engineering core courses well. Not sure that is really the case in Iowa. They are always trying to get my brothers, who are retired high school math teachers, to teach at the community colleges and they both only have Bachelor's degrees.
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Where is that at? Here at Kirkwood we can't teach transfer level courses unless we have 18 graduate level credits in the field. If it's career tech, different story. Instructors here have at minimum a MS, one has a PhD.

You can save money by bulking up on dual enrollment and AP classes in high school. All of my kids are doing that. If I remember right, I think maybe they got to keep their dual enrollment class grades as well (these are classes where they got both high school and community college credit because the teacher in their high school had a masters and could teach the community college class in the high school). On AP classes, I think they got credit but did not get to have the grade in their GPA.

A lot of kids will go to ISU and go ahead and take the class they passed the AP test on, just to get an easy grade and wreck the curve. Son said he saw a lot of that in things like Calc III. My kids have just elected to move on to the next class and not retake something they took in high school.
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A lot of the dual enrollment is starting to fall away due to the new higher learning commission requirements for accreditation. I'm starting to see more "regional centers" pop up where you get instructors closer to the population they serve.
 
Went for a run. Can confirm it is getting a little colder out. It's not face mask or extra layers cold but feels like winter with the wind.

Other Runners Sighted: none
Walkers: one
Bikers Sighted: none
Corgis: none
Cars Running Stop Signs: three

Quiet out there.
 
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Entropy said:
Where is that at? Here at Kirkwood we can't teach transfer level courses unless we have 18 graduate level credits in the field. If it's career tech, different story. Instructors here have at minimum a MS, one has a PhD.


A lot of the dual enrollment is starting to fall away due to the new higher learning commission requirements for accreditation. I'm starting to see more "regional centers" pop up where you get instructors closer to the population they serve.
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DMAAC. I'm not sure if they were "transfer level," although I think it was College Algebra/Trig and Calculus I. My brothers have ISU Math degrees and may have taken some graduate math courses along the way, although neither have a masters. They seem to have a hard time getting math instructors and want to pay them to be adjunct. They say they can make more per hour and do less work just being a K12 sub. Those are also in fairly high demand. And they have both worked as long-term high school math subs when kind of begged by their districts they retired from.
 
carvers4math said:
DMAAC. I'm not sure if they were "transfer level," although I think it was College Algebra/Trig and Calculus I. My brothers have ISU Math degrees and may have taken some graduate math courses along the way, although neither have a masters. They seem to have a hard time getting math instructors and want to pay them to be adjunct. They say they can make more per hour and do less work just being a K12 sub. Those are also in fairly high demand. And they have both worked as long-term high school math subs when kind of begged by their districts they retired from.
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I don't remember seeing an ad for anything but adjunct faculty out of DMACC for several years now. It's a horrible racket schools run that way.
 
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carvers4math said:
DMAAC. I'm not sure if they were "transfer level," although I think it was College Algebra/Trig and Calculus I. My brothers have ISU Math degrees and may have taken some graduate math courses along the way, although neither have a masters. They seem to have a hard time getting math instructors and want to pay them to be adjunct. They say they can make more per hour and do less work just being a K12 sub. Those are also in fairly high demand. And they have both worked as long-term high school math subs when kind of begged by their districts they retired from.
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I taught several 300/400 level classes for a smaller private college several years age. It was directed at non traditional students. I had business experience in the classes (may have taught 1-2 that were not business background but helped in a bind). All economics classes. After I was done, I realized working at caseys may have been the same income.
 
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BCClone said:
I taught several 300/400 level classes for a smaller private college several years age. It was directed at non traditional students. I had business experience in the classes (may have taught 1-2 that were not business background but helped in a bind). All economics classes. After I was done, I realized working at caseys may have been the same income.
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Also good would be an orange-eating class or a class on marriage.....
 
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CycloneErik said:
I don't remember seeing an ad for anything but adjunct faculty out of DMACC for several years now. It's a horrible racket schools run that way.
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Agree. The use of adjunct makes me question the quality of instructors because the pay is so low.
 
CycloneErik said:
Simpsons thing on continuing ed way back when.
Homer taught the marriage one. It turned into him spilling their most intimate moments more than anything else.

There was a Simpsons opportunity. I had to run with it.
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Ok, I was really confused there. Haven't seen the simpsons in awhile.
 
been at work for like......10 hours? I'm ready for the gym. Really I'm ready for bed but the gym is where I must go.

Oh, Dh mentioned socks again last night. I'm like sneakily well what kind are you thinking "the same"

"you want goldtoe again?"
"yeah, they lasted like 2 years"
"oh"

those darntough ones got delivered today. Guess it's good I'll be home first today. Oh well, he can still try them out and see what he thinks.
 
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been at work for like......10 hours? I'm ready for the gym. Really I'm ready for bed but the gym is where I must go.

Oh, Dh mentioned socks again last night. I'm like sneakily well what kind are you thinking "the same"

"you want goldtoe again?"
"yeah, they lasted like 2 years"
"oh"

those darntough ones got delivered today. Guess it's good I'll be home first today. Oh well, he can still try them out and see what he thinks.
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God damn your guys' life sounds interesting.
 
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