as their highest degree , but in the 2010s , the Ph. D is the standard minimum credential for tenure track professor positions .
In the 1960s and 1970s , some musicologists obtained professor positions with an M.A.
as musicologists ' highest degree , but in the 2010s , the Ph. D is the standard minimum credential for tenure track professor positions .
In the 1960s and 1970s , some musicologists obtained professor positions with an M.A.