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Sponsor seeks master's-degree requirement for university lower-division instructors; faculty groups warn against legislative overrule
Summary
Senate Bill 5 would require the governing board of each public university to adopt policies that set a minimum credential of a master’s degree in the discipline for faculty teaching lower-division courses, with limited exemptions.
Senate Bill 5 would require the governing board of each public university to adopt personnel policies requiring faculty who teach lower-division courses to hold at least a master’s degree in a closely related field, with exemptions for instructors with relevant professional experience and for graduate students working in teaching positions.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Shelly (Senator Anderson for the record) argued the measure would create parity between community colleges and public universities. “We should be raising the bar, not lowering the bar,” Senator Anderson said, adding that community colleges already require a master’s degree in the discipline and that the…
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