tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5762374185161419753..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Hiram is Baffled By His Own Committee.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32507690072474785322015-01-11T13:39:15.497-05:002015-01-11T13:39:15.497-05:00Beaker Ben for the win!Beaker Ben for the win!Iyrrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272150097841691708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10424653192229034212015-01-10T21:05:03.723-05:002015-01-10T21:05:03.723-05:00Egads, let me just add to this. I don't believ...Egads, let me just add to this. I don't believe Hiram has to do all of this himself. There are certainly some other avenues. For one, he could rally some support.<br /><br />But the notion that he should be responsible for solving the entire adjunct crisis at his college is a little reckless. Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8840977449315796102015-01-10T20:54:08.108-05:002015-01-10T20:54:08.108-05:00This would be great! I just wish it wouldn't i...This would be great! I just wish it wouldn't increase the chances of outing whoever dropped the names.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15671906503807885212015-01-10T20:28:18.519-05:002015-01-10T20:28:18.519-05:00Solution of the Week.Solution of the Week.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39301398721402389542015-01-10T10:11:30.898-05:002015-01-10T10:11:30.898-05:00The vice chair should be removed due to being unfi...The vice chair should be removed due to being unfit for service. The mere idea of using such unreliable data as RMP to make these decisions calls into question anything else she might be thinking. <br /><br />I am also dumbfounded that the chair let this stand and didn't demand the vice chair produce the "real" data before the decision could be made.<br /><br />It's possible Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46786788979437743302015-01-10T10:04:46.427-05:002015-01-10T10:04:46.427-05:00That would be handy. At least in my state, the gu...That would be handy. At least in my state, the gubernatorial election can somewhat play that role, but I'm not sure anybody is quite that much of a one-issue voter. <br /><br />Serious campaign-funding reform might also help, but I'm not sure how possible that is in the wake of the Citizens United ruling. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74257080989588936262015-01-09T23:58:53.738-05:002015-01-09T23:58:53.738-05:00Got a great idea for a new website! RMA. Rate My...Got a great idea for a new website! RMA. Rate My Administrator. <br /><br />My proffie wife would also like a RMBoR, Rate My Board of Regents.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9682418227678489292015-01-09T21:31:58.749-05:002015-01-09T21:31:58.749-05:00These people aren't serious. If you have the t...These people aren't serious. If you have the time and inclination to pursue it along the lines CC suggested (and reason to believe your colleagues would support you), go for it. If it had been me, I would have resigned from from this committee on the spot. (The dean's office guy is the note-taker, maybe you can get the notes from him.)<br /><br />If you do stay in the committee, remember Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73344938910317606712015-01-09T21:28:25.715-05:002015-01-09T21:28:25.715-05:00Go Hiram! And (of course) keep us posted!Go Hiram! And (of course) keep us posted!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74211275053880347642015-01-09T16:52:04.483-05:002015-01-09T16:52:04.483-05:00Thank you. If you get the chance to do it, you...Thank <i>you</i>. If you get the chance to do it, you'll likely end up at some point with everyone unhappy with you, from your TT colleagues (who don't need more work, I'm sure), to your adjunct colleagues (who are likely to be anxious about any change, because their lives are anxiety-provoking enough already, and also understandably unhappy about anything that reminds them of the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33167680576424327142015-01-09T12:51:39.272-05:002015-01-09T12:51:39.272-05:00You are right. Thank you for voicing it so complet...You are right. Thank you for voicing it so completely and persuasively. I will be put in charge of it, I know, if anyone chooses to appease me, but I have felt like shit since it happened that I didn't do more at the time.<br /><br />But I'm grateful for your advice. I'm going to stand up.<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34386424322284396442015-01-09T12:42:53.510-05:002015-01-09T12:42:53.510-05:00I, too, like Ben's idea, and Three Sigma's...I, too, like Ben's idea, and Three Sigma's variation. <br /><br />But I think this calls for a stronger, more direct response. You're tenured, right, Hiram? I don't blame you for not having a stronger comeback in the moment (I'm no good at such responses, either), but, now that you've had time to think about it, you know this is not only baffling, but just plain wrong, Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39877766459045388102015-01-09T11:27:40.188-05:002015-01-09T11:27:40.188-05:00Almost all of those comments are what I would expe...Almost all of those comments are what I would expect from a better-than-average instructor, which is to say, one who actually makes the classroom about work. <br /><br />Customer service models are killing us.Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31419385953037405352015-01-09T09:49:44.696-05:002015-01-09T09:49:44.696-05:00I like Ben's suggestion. In fact, it's cro...I like Ben's suggestion. In fact, it's crowdsource it. <br /><br />We can all contribute the names of our favorite adminibuzzards or chairs who believe a little too much in the power of evaluations, and then we can all go and rank them on RMP. We won't know whose contribution is whose.<br /><br />RMPbomb the f----ersThree Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67742367281220560902015-01-09T09:06:17.862-05:002015-01-09T09:06:17.862-05:00I continue to be surprised yet glad that (despite ...I continue to be surprised yet glad that (despite having taught at my current institution both as a grad student and an adjunct) my name isn't up on RMP. At all.Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11248424243864127552015-01-09T08:10:02.069-05:002015-01-09T08:10:02.069-05:00Hriam, I think it's time you demonstrated the ...Hriam, I think it's time you demonstrated the value of RMP evaluations on the page for your department chair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59742399305245916212015-01-09T06:12:35.672-05:002015-01-09T06:12:35.672-05:00I have been in similar meetings where RMP "da...I have been in similar meetings where RMP "data" has been offered up by someone. I always say, "You know ANYONE can type that stuff in, right?" I had to convince a colleague of it and that sweet chile pepper review is still up on my own page!College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.com