Teaching at 'For-profit' Universities
Greetings, first time post here. I have a question about teaching at for-profit, corporate universities. I've been offered a couple of adjunct classes at one of the big "chain" universities. This one is accredited and supposedly well-respected. (But, naturally they would say that, right?) They have 75 or so local campuses in a dozen states, and offer online degrees as well. (Something similar to Strayer or U of Phoenix) They offer degrees in business, nursing, etc., but they have no real humanities, history, philosophy etc. departments, though they do require a handful of 'gen-ed' courses in those areas.
Which is where I come to my quandry. I'm taking a year or two off before I start in on a PhD, and teaching only undergrad courses at this point. My discipline is humanities, and that's what they want me to teach, at a basic intro level. The book and syllabus are prepared for you (to keep it the same across all campuses) but you can add to or modify it, to a point.
So, my question is: how is teaching experience from a place like this generally regarded, both in terms of hiring and later admissions? I admit, I'm torn. I can use the hours, to say nothing of the money. I haven't been teaching long, but I'm a little leery of the "McUniversity." I don't know about anywhere else, but around the program I graduated from, the opinion of these places was not good. But is that the case with regard to having taught there as well as being a student? Has anyone had experience with a big corporate school? Positive or negative?
In short, would this be a good chance to rack up a few more classes, or would it be academic suicide? Thanks for any input/insight/war stories, folks!
Which is where I come to my quandry. I'm taking a year or two off before I start in on a PhD, and teaching only undergrad courses at this point. My discipline is humanities, and that's what they want me to teach, at a basic intro level. The book and syllabus are prepared for you (to keep it the same across all campuses) but you can add to or modify it, to a point.
So, my question is: how is teaching experience from a place like this generally regarded, both in terms of hiring and later admissions? I admit, I'm torn. I can use the hours, to say nothing of the money. I haven't been teaching long, but I'm a little leery of the "McUniversity." I don't know about anywhere else, but around the program I graduated from, the opinion of these places was not good. But is that the case with regard to having taught there as well as being a student? Has anyone had experience with a big corporate school? Positive or negative?
In short, would this be a good chance to rack up a few more classes, or would it be academic suicide? Thanks for any input/insight/war stories, folks!