Should I quit my job to enter an English graduate program?
I'm a full-time librarian at a community college, where I have faculty status. I work closely with students during their research process and English faculty members who bring their classes to the library and I've realized that I'd like to be on the other side, teaching composition or literature courses.
The problem is that I already have a good job with great pay at a wonderful institution.
One way to become an English faculty member would be to slowly take courses in a part-time MA program and then just slide over to the English department at the college where I'm currently employed. (They'd reimburse me for about a third of the cost).
The other, more appealing, option is to quit my job and enter a full-time PhD program. The risk there is that I'd never be able to return to a full-time faculty position. I might be working as an adjunct forever, pining over my old, good faculty position.
Should I risk it all or should I play it safe and do the slow MA?
I'd love to hear from current students or new graduates who are looking for work. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
