tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3319963711169444719..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: If this is true, we're all in troubleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12528181252745723412013-12-01T06:59:22.483-05:002013-12-01T06:59:22.483-05:00What's interesting is that opponents of tenure...What's interesting is that opponents of tenure frequently make the claim that tenure protections are already included within First Amendment rights (or equivalent free speech protections in other democratic countries). These same opponents quietly forget free speech protections when criticism is directed at one of them (or one of their sacred cows).<br />Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60085393702957076512013-11-30T16:28:04.736-05:002013-11-30T16:28:04.736-05:00"What percentage of new PhDs even know the AA..."What percentage of new PhDs even know the AAUP and their censure list exist?"<br /><br />Not enough....a real problem with American academia is that it resembles Corporate America with it's ridiculous amount of management. That decay began in the 1980s and we now see it bearing fruit. Self-management should be the rule, with little or no administration.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21138731889399318802013-11-30T14:52:07.252-05:002013-11-30T14:52:07.252-05:00I can't believe this is still relevant after a...I can't believe this is still relevant after almost 50 years<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcx9BJRadfw<br /><br />Seamushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13007664695003111594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66434895775334901492013-11-30T11:14:20.622-05:002013-11-30T11:14:20.622-05:00The Academic Freedom statement in my Faculty Handb...The Academic Freedom statement in my Faculty Handbook is similarly limited:<br /><br /><i> Academic freedom is the right of faculty members to teach and conduct research based on their disciplinary knowledge and expertise. This freedom exists even when faculty members hold a minority view within their discipline and when others find these views objectionable.</i>(A word has been changed here and Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26308913401482255652013-11-30T11:13:49.086-05:002013-11-30T11:13:49.086-05:00One of these days, an administrator is going to ge...One of these days, an administrator is going to get what he deserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com