October 27, 2006

Want to Switch? How to Land a Teaching Job at a 4-Year College

By JOSEPH R. FERRARI

Faculty members who begin their careers at two-year colleges may think the grass is greener on the other side — that is, at four-year institutions. And in many ways, it is. But expect a struggle to get there. Difficult? Yes. Impossible? No. Perhaps my story will be instructive to those who want to move to four-year institutions, and also to administrators who are in a position to hire them.

When I was completing my master's degree in experimental psychology, to pay for my

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