Is it possible to eventually advance to a research university from a first job at a community college? I’m considering a TT at a great community college in a place I’d like to live, but am concerned about getting “locked” into a teaching-focused, non-research track. Is that a thing?
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Possible? Sure. Of course, so is winning the lottery.
At most Community Colleges you will have an outsized teaching, awrvi and advising load that won’t provide space or support for research. You won’t be building the type of CV that leads to an R1.
You would probably get locked in, tbh.