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She says it depends, but they generally organize it pretty well from what she has heard from other students.

It's not, except that paid adjuncts get paid a thousand or so less and the fellowship guarantees you an income. My wife is in the program. Teaching 2 classes a semester means that she takes only 2 or 3 classes per semester (and the semester she took 3 didn't go very well) but lots of students do even more. Many people have part-time jobs as well-- tutoring, publishing companies, writing centers, etc. The PhD requires 15 classes and it usually takes people at least three years and often four to complete coursework. If anything, the teaching CUNY makes you do is great experience and training. You will suck at it for the first two/three years but so does everyone else, and at least you'll be in charge of your own class. You have a ton of freedom, but not much job security and very low pay if your adjunct job disappears for some reason (and then you can look elsewhere, but non-CUNY schools in NYC offer as little as 2k a class, which is mind-bogglingly low) Commuting time is not too bad, since usually the two courses they give you as part of a first-year internship or a fellowship are back-to-back, and the standard is 2 75-minute classes per week per course.

I have been accepted into the M.Div programs at both Princeton Theological Seminary and Yale Divinity School, but I am having a difficult time finding out which school has better a placement rate for graduates pursuing a PhD program- specifically in Church History or Historical Theology. My plan beyond an M.Div (as of now) is to study the intellectual and cultural interactions between Christianity and Islam in the Middle Ages. While neither of these schools seem very strong in medieval studies specifically, My hope is to study theology in a broader context, both historically and practically, before focusing my studies on a specific period in a PhD program later on. Besides pastoral ministry, Yale seems to have a stronger focus on contemporary/global strains of theological study, and Princeton seems to have a stronger focus on its Reformed/Presbyterian roots. Thus, the slightly more historical focus seems to make Princeton a better fit for me, but I would like to see what others think. Thank you for your time and any advice you may have. By the way, I am still waiting to hear back from Fordham, which might complicate my decision.