tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3604243558555541686..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I'm Befuddled.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33847006039190000902012-11-15T17:20:46.283-05:002012-11-15T17:20:46.283-05:00AdjunctSlave: My comment was addressed to tenured...AdjunctSlave: My comment was addressed to tenured faculty members who sit on hiring committees. We have the power to make good decisions. Whenever I've been on a hiring committee, I've always preferred a known quantity--like a good, steady, competent, long-time adjunct--over someone who, on the basis of some paperwork and a short interview, MIGHT turn out to be a superstar. Or might Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2723997723462016522012-11-15T13:24:01.625-05:002012-11-15T13:24:01.625-05:00As someone who moved from adjunct to TT and tenure...As someone who moved from adjunct to TT and tenure at a teaching institution, I fully support CC's reply above. I almost didn't get the TT job because I didn't have any publications (working 6/5 at two different institutions left little time for anything but course prep and grading) but the campus took a chance on me, and I produced for them (though my department still didn't BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56440867541004420002012-11-15T12:50:17.535-05:002012-11-15T12:50:17.535-05:00I envy those of you who at least get to hire when ...I envy those of you who at least get to hire when Shiny New Hire leaves. We've had this happen to us twice in the last five years, and both times, that position was not allowed to be replaced. The admins said we didn't need it as badly as the Nursing Department did, which goes through new hires faster than an allergy sufferer with the worst case of hay fever ever. Nursing is one of the EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29042961500075213332012-11-15T11:48:50.988-05:002012-11-15T11:48:50.988-05:00I agree, but this is hard to do for research-inten...I agree, but this is hard to do for research-intensive positions, since the adjunct probably hasn't had much time to do research while doing good, steady work. <br /><br />This might be an argument for more TT teaching/service-intensive positions. At the very least, having more such jobs would decrease the disruption to the undergraduate program caused by stars and wannabe stars flitting Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27195829239508025602012-11-15T11:30:31.815-05:002012-11-15T11:30:31.815-05:00This was my thought, too. I suppose he might be w...This was my thought, too. I suppose he might be worried it would get out anyway, but going on the market immediately after arriving is so hard to justify except in truly exceptional circumstances that I'd think the best idea would be to hope no one found out until and unless I got a/the job (I'm hoping that he's aiming at something specific that is somehow a dream job for him, in Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68401745933232040902012-11-15T09:18:10.685-05:002012-11-15T09:18:10.685-05:00If I were on the market this year, I would tell th...If I were on the market this year, I would tell the chair (at least my current chair), because I'd also be asking hir for a recommendation, but to jump straight to the Dean with this declaration sounds to me like a big slap in the face to the department. It also makes hir sound like a pompous ass (as Kimmie's comment also suggests...)Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3575283220349556332012-11-15T05:23:29.733-05:002012-11-15T05:23:29.733-05:00Actually I think it is a sign of character to tell...Actually I think it is a sign of character to tell the department and give y'all some lead time. He could just disappear next year, saying, "Sorry folks, got a better job. See ya." AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39275067104970703472012-11-15T05:20:40.570-05:002012-11-15T05:20:40.570-05:00So hire an adjunct who's been doing good, stea...<i>So hire an adjunct who's been doing good, steady, competent work for you semester after semester after semester.</i><br /><br />But they have demonstrated that they will work for free without tenure, so why hire them? They're idiots who have shown that they sell themselves cheap and clearly have no ambition. Same goes for anyone who has been on the market for more than a year or, at AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30360323092867286422012-11-14T19:11:11.609-05:002012-11-14T19:11:11.609-05:00Actually, haphazard, you should be pissed off at t...Actually, haphazard, you should be pissed off at the guy, not at Dick. If shiny new guy hadn't accepted the job, knowing he would be moving on, you'd have been offered the job.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39040727060117489752012-11-14T19:10:34.294-05:002012-11-14T19:10:34.294-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68404840231092642522012-11-14T18:10:59.569-05:002012-11-14T18:10:59.569-05:00This is why I *never* go for the one that others w...This is why I *never* go for the one that others would consider the top candidate. We always have to worry that if our hire leaves, we will not get to hire again, or worse, the dean will resort to a cavalcade of I-told-you-sos: "look what happened the last time I trusted you to hire!" Better to hire the good-enough person who is unlikely to move.Hellish Harpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187940052450516822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47479411722651993452012-11-14T13:29:51.385-05:002012-11-14T13:29:51.385-05:00Never hire a candidate that seems to want to use y...Never hire a candidate that seems to want to use your school as a stepladder. Or a lifeline. It's usually pretty easy for figure out who is who.<br /><br />StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32197095505398459452012-11-14T13:25:54.394-05:002012-11-14T13:25:54.394-05:00So hire an adjunct who's been doing good, stea...So hire an adjunct who's been doing good, steady, competent work for you semester after semester after semester.<br /><br />Common sense and real-world experience should tell hiring committees that there isn't anyone--not even superstar interviewees--who has a magic wand that'll turn all of our students into budding scholars. So even though the grass may appear greener on the other Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67650447749287987852012-11-14T13:01:39.475-05:002012-11-14T13:01:39.475-05:00We had someone tell us the same thing last year. &...We had someone tell us the same thing last year. "I'm checking out the market," she said, boldly, to everyone.<br /><br />Then she didn't get a job. We never even started a search because my February she was telling us, "The market doesn't look very good."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46061766333621062252012-11-14T13:00:33.359-05:002012-11-14T13:00:33.359-05:00You have to hire the best person for the job, no m...You have to hire the best person for the job, no matter what. We're in a search right now and it's tempting to hire someone who you THINK might stay forever. But you never know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62842571971836398912012-11-14T11:13:02.859-05:002012-11-14T11:13:02.859-05:00The students are shit-heads.
You underpaid him.
Go...The students are shit-heads.<br />You underpaid him.<br />Gosh it must suck,<br />When reality bites us<br />In the ass.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28680817594613244702012-11-14T11:05:02.971-05:002012-11-14T11:05:02.971-05:00We had a job open.
We hired the person
we thought ...We had a job open.<br />We hired the person<br />we thought best for the job.<br /><br />We're going to have to do it again.Richard Tingle, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290520040846370364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82017103716759934322012-11-14T10:40:48.409-05:002012-11-14T10:40:48.409-05:00Exactly my thought. Oranges are tasty and the jui...Exactly my thought. Oranges are tasty and the juice makes a mess. Police will look for a suspect who smells like orange juice. A bag of nickels works well too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1275003359616854952012-11-14T09:38:19.132-05:002012-11-14T09:38:19.132-05:00Use doorknobs instead of oranges.Use doorknobs instead of oranges.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60759477313693573842012-11-14T09:37:37.042-05:002012-11-14T09:37:37.042-05:00Wait. The gumdrop unicorn is just "on the mar...Wait. The gumdrop unicorn is just "on the market" and giving notice to the effing dean? No job in hand or anything?? <br /><br />Won't he feel like a tool if he ends up empty-handed by the end of April. (Or is that actually the standard, making all my cloak-and-dagger secrecy about job apps sorely misguided?)Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15714502037279623512012-11-14T09:15:09.525-05:002012-11-14T09:15:09.525-05:00Yeah, I remember how crappy this feels. I'm at...Yeah, I remember how crappy this feels. I'm at a Canadian equivalent of an R1, but in a city where "The Best of the Best"[TM] don't tend to want to settle forever, so we've hired and lost an awful lot of hotshots over the years. It's only the terrible job market that keeps them here now, I'm sure.Jae/Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607520034520271802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19977295637838702202012-11-14T09:02:54.546-05:002012-11-14T09:02:54.546-05:00Sorry, but it's hard to pity you. I keep comin...Sorry, but it's hard to pity you. I keep coming in a close second to people like that guy. I'd have a t-t job now if committees would stop acting like kittens attracted to shiny objects. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com