tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7920703431185562982..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: A Big Thirsty From Prof. Poopiehead.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7159781662843920992016-08-22T08:15:38.761-04:002016-08-22T08:15:38.761-04:00Yes Prof Chiltepin, it is such a rarely used term ...Yes Prof Chiltepin, it is such a rarely used term that when I see it I have to think for a few moments to remember what it refers to.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89116529208747317452016-08-21T21:20:11.219-04:002016-08-21T21:20:11.219-04:00I've never heard anyone ever use the term Juco...I've never heard anyone ever use the term Juco in my entire academic life, except one not-very-honest commenter on this blog. I have also never run into anyone in higher education who denigrates community college professors, because I don't think I've ever run into an asshole as big as one lying professor who comments on this blog.Prof Chiltepinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73324421380954198032016-08-21T19:40:26.653-04:002016-08-21T19:40:26.653-04:00Sorry, yes, SUNY ESF in Syracuse...Sorry, yes, SUNY ESF in Syracuse...Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30137152477815971642016-08-21T15:33:47.797-04:002016-08-21T15:33:47.797-04:00Judging from on-campus visits related to a job sea...Judging from on-campus visits related to a job search at in my department this year, I'd say that I've seen some evidence that good people in at least one of the systems named (plus at least one other, unnamed one with similar problems) are trying to get out. But the position in question was more administrative/teaching than research oriented (though still with a strong research Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58469629109611250612016-08-20T22:38:11.873-04:002016-08-20T22:38:11.873-04:00Syracuse University is a private university unaffi...Syracuse University is a private university unaffiliated with the SUNY system. SUNY ESF is housed on the Syracuse University campus, however. Is that the institution you were referring to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22226470755971229542016-08-19T16:02:38.439-04:002016-08-19T16:02:38.439-04:00I asked a friend of mine in the Wisconsisn system ...I asked a friend of mine in the Wisconsisn system to comment, and he sent me this reply:<br /><br />"Things are getting worse here in the UW. There was a vote of no confidence in the Board and System President late last Spring that most/all campuses took part in. Progressively worse budgets. It hugely varies depending on what institution you are at and what kind of job you have, but everyoneDr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48727816100616506402016-08-19T12:06:48.608-04:002016-08-19T12:06:48.608-04:00As a staffer at UC Berkeley, I have some knowledge...As a staffer at UC Berkeley, I have some knowledge about this issue. The situation on the ground is that cuts are being distributed across the various campus units, with the choice of how to make those cuts being up to them. They could decide to eliminate faculty and close labs, but I doubt any of them will actually do that because the importance of research to the university's prestige is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77284395736273081472016-08-19T09:13:53.299-04:002016-08-19T09:13:53.299-04:00I have a student who just matriculated at the astr...I have a student who just matriculated at the astronomy grad program at Wisconsin, so I’ll let you know how it goes. Wisconsin is lead institution in the WIYN consortium of Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO, where NOAO is the National Optical Astronomy Observatories. They manage a large and very nice telescope on Kitt Peak, in Arizona, where the rest of the national observatory is, and they are in a Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16767159523120832592016-08-19T09:06:12.271-04:002016-08-19T09:06:12.271-04:00Um, if no one reads the page, how can it do harm? ...Um, if no one reads the page, how can it do harm? Problems with basic logic like this make me wonder whether you're really college faculty, as does the eagerness to punch down to juco instructors. Hey, they educate many of my students, and for not much money, much less thanks: smeg off!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20714201681258105802016-08-19T06:56:22.221-04:002016-08-19T06:56:22.221-04:00Boy, have you come to the wrong place. This small ...Boy, have you come to the wrong place. This small and loose group of juco instructors aren't "real" professors with concerns like you are discussing. I know a great deal about the issues at hand, but can't be bothered to share them on a ridiculously flawed and harmful blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com