You’re quite incorrect. I was an adjunct professor. I was in the PhD program, but I do not have a Masters.
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.
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.
Off topic, but I’m still a bit upset that Kramer and Newman never got their own show!
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.
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”.