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Grad school instructor, having never been to college?

merlyn on 2006-06-18T18:58:51

I'm just thinking that my accomplishment of having taught a grad-school level course for credit (Intro to Perl 501 for cse.ogi.edu) without having ever been to college might be somewhat rare. Are there other instances that you've seen of a grad-school professor who has never themselves been to anything beyond a high-school education?

IT, Business and Fine Arts

Alias on 2006-06-18T22:24:34

I've heard of cases in those three areas.

Programmy type people, business people that have made it independantly and lecture in MBS courses, and people throughout the fine arts that do the odd clase in painting or drama/acting etc.

But for things like engineering or med or law, hell no.

Re:IT, Business and Fine Arts

Aristotle on 2006-06-19T17:20:42

Yet another proof that software development is merely an occupation, not a profession.

Re:IT, Business and Fine Arts

Alias on 2006-06-20T05:38:32

I'd think of it more as a trade, like carpentry or brick laying.

Re:IT, Business and Fine Arts

brian_d_foy on 2006-06-22T11:43:32

Indeed. Stonehenge doesn't really teach a grad school level course so much as a course in a continuing education department, which are often taught by people outside the faculty.

Our Learning Perl course doesn't require a graduate school level understanding of anything. :)