# Were Jerry, George, and Elaine College Grads? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-jerry-george-and-elaine-college-grads/499737 "2009-06-14T16:11:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-jerry-george-and-elaine-college-grads/499737/41 "2009-06-16T00:11:07Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > To be a professor, you need a doctorate. To be an adjunct, you need a Masters. You’re quite incorrect. I was an adjunct professor. I was in the PhD program, but I do not have a Masters. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-jerry-george-and-elaine-college-grads/499737/42 "2009-06-16T01:31:07Z")
He’s not “quite incorrect.” He should have said that, generally speaking, one needs to hold a doctorate to get a regular faculty position at most respectable universities. This was less true in the past, but these days it’s very difficult for someone without a Ph.D. to find a faculty position. Adjunct faculty are treated very differently. At most universities, adjunct positions are offered to people with practical experience in a field, and it’s usually considered a sideline, not a first job. It’s not common for people to work as adjunct faculty as their primary source of income. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-jerry-george-and-elaine-college-grads/499737/43 "2009-06-16T01:36:42Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Not at all; life experience is sufficient in a lot of fields to be a professor. Think of former politicos, business leaders, etc. that lecture as adjuncts without post-baccalaureate degrees. But of course, the point about putting George in front of a college classroom stands. I wouldn’t go for it… I back this up. I, with a humble BA, am an adjunct professor at the local college teaching journalism and business courses. I work cheap. But it gets me new freelancers. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-jerry-george-and-elaine-college-grads/499737/44 "2009-06-16T03:47:38Z")
Off topic, but I’m still a bit upset that Kramer and Newman never got their own show! ---
**Author:** ![HeavyDuty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@HeavyDuty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeavyDuty)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-jerry-george-and-elaine-college-grads/499737/45 "2009-06-16T19:47:20Z")
Wow, that’s a random question but one I never knew the answer to. I guess it makes sense since they were pretty much employed in jobs that needed college degrees. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-jerry-george-and-elaine-college-grads/499737/46 "2009-06-16T20:59:20Z")
In the episode where both Puddy and a co-worker of Elaine’s kept hinting how dirty Elaine was, Elaine pointed out that she had had her grubby old bedroom slippers “since college”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-jerry-george-and-elaine-college-grads/499737.md?page=2)