The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) clarified as of September 1, 2017, all instructors teaching in concurrent or dual enrollment programs must meet the same minimum qualifications as regular and other adjunct faculty: however, HLC has granted some institutions an extension until September 1, 2022, 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 a dual or concurrent enrollment program retains sole responsibility for determining if and how its faculty, including dual/concurrent enrollment instructors, meet HLC’s faculty qualifications.
Below is a list of online graduate degrees offered by public universities in Kansas in some of the most common concurrent enrollment 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.
Degree and Certificate Programs
This list will be updated as additional information is made available. and is being provided solely as a resource without any specific endorsement:
English/Literary Arts
Emporia State University - full degree program and 18-hour certificate program available
http://www.emporia.edu/grad/admissions/graduate-degree-listing.html
Fort Hays State University- full degree program
http://www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege/degrees/Masters/liberal-studies/
Kansas State University
http://www.k-state.edu/grad/admissions/higherlearning.html
History
Emporia State University- full degree program and 18-hour certificate program available
http://www.emporia.edu/grad/admissions/graduate-degree-listing.html
Pittsburg State University- full degree program
http://www.pittstate.edu/office/graduate/online_programs.dot
Mathematics
Emporia State University- full degree program and 18-hour certificate program available
http://www.emporia.edu/grad/admissions/graduate-degree-listing.html
Kansas State University
http://www.k-state.edu/grad/admissions/higherlearning.html
Political Science
Fort Hays State University- full degree program
http://www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege/degrees/Masters/liberal-studies/
Kansas State University
http://www.k-state.edu/grad/admissions/higherlearning.html
Speech/Communication Studies
Kansas State University
http://www.k-state.edu/grad/admissions/higherlearning.html
Washburn University - full degree program
http://www.washburn.edu/academics/college-schools/arts-sciences/departments/communication/index.html
Psychology of Learning
Emporia State University - 18-hour certificate program available
http://www.emporia.edu/grad/admissions/graduate-degree-listing.html
List of Courses
Fort Hays State University
http://www.fhsu.edu/academic/gradschl/HLC-18-Hour-Teaching-Programs/
Kansas State University
http://www.k-state.edu/grad/admissions/higherlearning.html
Additional Opportunities
Below is a list of online graduate degrees offered by other universities in some of the most common concurrent enrollment subject areas taught in Kansas:
Biology – University of Nebraska-Kearney
http://www.unk.edu/academics/msbio/index.php
Spanish – New Mexico State University
http://www.nmsu.edu/~langling/MA%20Online.html
Spanish and French – Virginia Tech
http://www.fll.vt.edu/graduate/
Authored: May 23, 2016; updated November 3, 2016