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I have two job offers: one from a community college (CC) and the other from a four year liberal arts college (LAC).
Location: both are in the same area (with 20 minutes from one to the other).
Salary: both jobs offer comparable salaries (four year college about $5K/year higher)
Benefits: CC offers better benefits: I will pay about $100/month for family health insurance coverage at CC and about $700/month for family health insurance at LAC. (I guess combining the salary difference and benefits contributions, both are about the same, financially).
Rank/Type: both jobs are tenure-track assistant professor.
Teaching scope: In both jobs I will be teaching similar courses (introductory level physics).
Duties: at CC I will teach 3 courses/semester + service to the college. At LAC I will teach 2 courses/semester + service to the college + research/seek grants.
I honestly want to take the CC over the LAC because I love teaching and don't think I want to do research anymore.
On one hand, I am afraid I will regret my decision in the future (i.e. leaving a more "prestigious" position for a "simple" CC position). On the other hand, I am afraid I won't get tenure when I am up for it at the LAC for not fulfilling my research activities and duties.
Some of my friends think I am out of my mind if I don't choose LAC over CC. However, the only reason they give is "prestige" which ranks fairly low in my list of things.
Does anyone have experience in working at CC and/or LAC? What do you recommend?
Location: both are in the same area (with 20 minutes from one to the other).
Salary: both jobs offer comparable salaries (four year college about $5K/year higher)
Benefits: CC offers better benefits: I will pay about $100/month for family health insurance coverage at CC and about $700/month for family health insurance at LAC. (I guess combining the salary difference and benefits contributions, both are about the same, financially).
Rank/Type: both jobs are tenure-track assistant professor.
Teaching scope: In both jobs I will be teaching similar courses (introductory level physics).
Duties: at CC I will teach 3 courses/semester + service to the college. At LAC I will teach 2 courses/semester + service to the college + research/seek grants.
I honestly want to take the CC over the LAC because I love teaching and don't think I want to do research anymore.
On one hand, I am afraid I will regret my decision in the future (i.e. leaving a more "prestigious" position for a "simple" CC position). On the other hand, I am afraid I won't get tenure when I am up for it at the LAC for not fulfilling my research activities and duties.
Some of my friends think I am out of my mind if I don't choose LAC over CC. However, the only reason they give is "prestige" which ranks fairly low in my list of things.
Does anyone have experience in working at CC and/or LAC? What do you recommend?