tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post688437466899949750..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Just to pile on a little: Maybe there's something wrong with the interview process?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42642921000514948622016-02-15T08:08:37.614-05:002016-02-15T08:08:37.614-05:00Your assessment is so spot on, on so many levels, ...Your assessment is so spot on, on so many levels, that I don't know where to begin to elaborate on my agreement. Well, there is this:<br /><br />I just cannot understand the cognitive dissonance that allows people to prefer a driver who will purposely crash the bus to one who can navigate around the obstacles, while thinking that the former will still result in them reaching their destinationOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7385793749554049772016-02-14T23:02:56.929-05:002016-02-14T23:02:56.929-05:00To play devil's advocate, I think people who e...To play devil's advocate, I think people who express such preferences believe that whatever institution they're trying to influence is so badly broken that running it into a wall (to continue the bus metaphor) is not so much destructive as a means of jettisoning the dross that's making the vehicle cumbersome and expensive and not very functional, and shaking loose the useful bits and Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41374989786640229242016-02-14T20:19:58.291-05:002016-02-14T20:19:58.291-05:00And another thing (which I commented elsewhere, bu...And another thing (which I commented elsewhere, but seems apropos here as well):<br /><br />I'm not sure if this infatuation with "outsiders" is an American thing, but it must stop. If the world champion speed skater asked to borrow your car, you'd first want to establish that they had a valid driver's license, because, FFS, said credential speaks to the issue of whether Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75580121402588149962016-02-14T15:59:21.720-05:002016-02-14T15:59:21.720-05:00I concur. This is not a friggin fashion show. This...I concur. This is not a friggin fashion show. This regards one of the most important individuals in the organisation. <br /><br />From the Chrampicle article, linked above:<br /><i>"The traditional academics came across as ‘I can take this school and keep it where it is,’" Mr. Coyne said, while Mr. Newman’s approach was "I can take this school and reimagine it."</i><br /><br Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89236617239581293232016-02-14T15:35:36.102-05:002016-02-14T15:35:36.102-05:00"Wow"ing is seriously overvalued in curr..."Wow"ing is seriously overvalued in current American culture. Cf. recent discussion of student evals, who gets the highest ones, and why. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2156618371193598312016-02-14T08:37:36.216-05:002016-02-14T08:37:36.216-05:00Heckuva job, search committee.Heckuva job, search committee.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.com