The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) clarified as of September 1, 2017, all instructors teaching in dual credit programs must meet the same minimum qualifications as regular and other adjunct faculty: however, HLC has granted some institutions an extension until September 1, 2025, to meet this requirement.

For General Education courses, these qualifications may be satisfied by a master’s degree in the discipline or subfield. However, if a faculty member holds a master’s degree in a discipline or subfield other than that in which she or he is teaching, that faculty member should have completed a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline or subfield they want to teach.

NOTE: Each institution offering dual credit courses, retains sole responsibility for determining if and how its faculty meet HLC’s faculty qualifications.

Resources for Dual Credit Instructors

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In 2020, two nonprofit organizations, Northeast Wisconsin Education Resource Alliance (NEWERA) and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) joined forces to help high school teachers find content-specific graduate courses, allowing them to earn credits that will meet instructor qualification expectations to teach college-level courses.

Graduate Credit Quest serves teachers seeking graduate level course offerings. MHEC provided the connections, expertise, and funding to expand the site to help teachers and features courses offered by universities in all twelve of MHEC's members states Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Kansas Degree & Certificate Programs

Below is a list of online graduate degrees & courses offered by public universities in Kansas in some of the most common dual credit subject areas taught in the state. Since HLC requires each institution to determine how its faculty are qualified, current and potential dual credit instructors should request an individual consultation with the institution they are or will teach for to see if the programs below meet HLC faculty qualifications.

This list will be updated as additional information is made available and is being provided solely as a resource without any specific endorsement:

Biology

Emporia State University - full degree program

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

Kansas State University - full degree program

Chemistry

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

Kansas State University - full degree program 

English/Literary Arts

Emporia State University - full degree program

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

Wichita State University - full degree program

Geosciences

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

History

Emporia State University - full degree program

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

Pittsburg State University - full degree program

Mathematics

Emporia State University - full degree program

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

Kansas State University - full degree program 

Political Science

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

Kansas State University - full degree program 

Psychology of Learning

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

Speech/Communication Studies

Fort Hays State University - full degree program

Kansas State University - full degree program

Washburn University - full degree program

 

List of Courses

Fort Hays State University 
Kansas State University