Do you have to go to a prestigious university to later become a professor?
I am starting college in the fall and desperatly want to become an english/creative writing professor. I will probably go to a small 4 year public university near me (because it is all i can afford) called the University of West Georgia. I was wondering if most professors that teach at 4 year schools have degrees at real prestigious schools like harvard, yale, berkeley, etc… (because that is the way it seems) or do plenty of them go to smaller, public schools
thanks
Your undergrad degree is not so important, but you’ll have to get a PhD at a better school than the one you at which you want to teach. Get top grades and work towards a student teaching deal to help pay for a bettr University after you get your B.A.
The school doesn’t have to be Ivy League, but it has to be recognized for excellence in the depratment you want to pursue.
Allison Grady reaading the keynote address at the Yale School of Medicine Creative Writing Awards