tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2235976847452622771..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Post Deleted.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68694761115458383392013-06-18T15:34:42.943-04:002013-06-18T15:34:42.943-04:00Thanks, that's a relief. I was worried that I&...Thanks, that's a relief. I was worried that I'd downloaded something awful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42743487916871515632013-06-17T17:49:39.474-04:002013-06-17T17:49:39.474-04:00Yeah, when it first showed up in my RSS feed there...Yeah, when it first showed up in my RSS feed there was a pile of crazy embedded that didn't show up in the post itself-- I thought I'd fixed it by deleting one of the links but apparently not. Sorry about that. Odd site over there.Polar Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713477095763100821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42419740408876050452013-06-17T16:58:28.778-04:002013-06-17T16:58:28.778-04:00The blogger loaded so many links to his/her own pa...The blogger loaded so many links to his/her own page, it kept corrupting the HTML code to our site. For a time, clicking ANYWHERE on the site would lead readers to the other site. It seemed a little over the top. The post is easily found. Sorry.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17790922631561222122013-06-17T16:53:11.634-04:002013-06-17T16:53:11.634-04:00Leslie, I'm curious about the post being full ...Leslie, I'm curious about the post being full of malicious code. How did you/Fab/Cal discover that? What risk (if any) was there for people to click on it to reply here at CM, or to read the whole thing elsewhere?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4115060736416001942013-06-17T12:51:12.090-04:002013-06-17T12:51:12.090-04:00In their area of specialty? I didn't know &qu...In their area of specialty? I didn't know "being an insufferable pain the ass" was an introductory course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70205437338121679092013-06-17T09:59:04.914-04:002013-06-17T09:59:04.914-04:00I have an even more modest proposal: any admininic...I have an even more modest proposal: any admininicritter whose job description includes "evaluation of faculty" would have to teach one course per term: a gen-ed required course for freshmen or sophomores (large section) in their area of specialty. Their own performance review would be based on student evaluations and success rates for that course, as well as their scholarly production Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35932723276090996452013-06-16T20:23:04.894-04:002013-06-16T20:23:04.894-04:00When asked, my admins like to point out all the be...When asked, my admins like to point out all the benefits of hiring adjuncts - they bring real world experience that (full time) faculty sometimes lack, they focus on teaching rather than research, they allow the university to be flexible with their hiring, blah blah blah. Next time this comes up, I'll have to ask why we don't hire some adjuncts for administration. I'm sure the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46313711238945480792013-06-16T20:04:04.827-04:002013-06-16T20:04:04.827-04:00Favorite part: "Ginsberg . . . admits that wi...Favorite part: "Ginsberg . . . admits that widespread use of MOOAs could result in substantial unemployment among college bureaucrats. However, he noted that their skill sets make them qualified for work in such burgeoning industries as retail sales, hospitality, food services, event planning, and horticultural design." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2364714502500613712013-06-16T15:41:28.448-04:002013-06-16T15:41:28.448-04:00When this article first came out, I made it a poin...When this article first came out, I made it a point to send it along to a few folks to jab at them a bit. The MOOA is funny, but a centralized administration would make sense (to get rid of bloated administrative staff).<br /><br />Alas, that's just a fantasy since administrators know how to protect (and fund) their turf.Dr Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444414777736734711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38485558785949695982013-06-16T15:36:51.613-04:002013-06-16T15:36:51.613-04:00Works for me. Either that, or we could go back to ...Works for me. Either that, or we could go back to recruiting administrators from the teaching faculty (and expecting them to return to same). Even a fairly modest teaching experience requirement (let's say 10 years in the classroom -- full-time or an equivalent amount of work in part-time positions), plus a requirement that all administrators be qualified to teach at the introductory/core Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30000142889765044632013-06-16T13:18:17.252-04:002013-06-16T13:18:17.252-04:00Yes, really spot-on. Too bad they'll never go ...Yes, really spot-on. Too bad they'll never go for it.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.com