tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2936904815438273457..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: If They Made You College Prezzie for the Day...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38628357857494984342013-07-26T08:45:30.863-04:002013-07-26T08:45:30.863-04:00I like that you remembered the ADA and veterans in...I like that you remembered the ADA and veterans in your plan. We need a VP or something to make our campus <i> really </i> ADA compliant (before the lawsuits start rolling in).<br /><br />Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16851675918192580632013-07-26T08:36:07.692-04:002013-07-26T08:36:07.692-04:00Thanks for the support, PG! And I'll have to a...Thanks for the support, PG! And I'll have to ask the current ones...<br /><br />Two more and I'm done:<br />9) Upon reaching age 67, professors lose their faculty vote; and will be assigned to teach graduate courses with lower priority. (Since there is no retirement age, there has to be some mechanism to make room for new ideas and new priorities.)<br />10) Required courses in areas Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29104812529164163352013-07-26T03:46:22.968-04:002013-07-26T03:46:22.968-04:00Ooh, ooh, run by Strelnikov?Ooh, ooh, run by Strelnikov?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23943205902562022442013-07-26T03:45:35.834-04:002013-07-26T03:45:35.834-04:00Excellent rules.Excellent rules.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85800732577451684952013-07-26T03:41:26.583-04:002013-07-26T03:41:26.583-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48580334229240064742013-07-25T23:05:52.306-04:002013-07-25T23:05:52.306-04:00I would
1) Give all the adjuncts tenure.
2) Or...I would<br /><br />1) Give all the adjuncts tenure.<br /><br />2) Order trucks filled with manure to be dumped in the swimming pool that was donated by some fat cat parent who wants special treatment for their little darling.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77244935927011255002013-07-25T21:47:16.415-04:002013-07-25T21:47:16.415-04:00Rule One: the number of administrators shall not b...Rule One: the number of administrators shall not be greater than the number of FT faculty.<br />Rule Two: for each number of adjunct hours in a department equal to the number of hours required of a FT faculty member, that block of hours shall be taught by adding a FT faculty position.Iyrrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272150097841691708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66250510771420426332013-07-25T20:56:46.568-04:002013-07-25T20:56:46.568-04:00You must be too drunk to think straight. I have n...You must be too drunk to think straight. I have never recommended participation in strip clubs. Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53970780161551215792013-07-25T20:51:21.209-04:002013-07-25T20:51:21.209-04:00Tuition waivers for GTAs, and mandatory snowflaker...Tuition waivers for GTAs, and mandatory snowflakery reeducation camps.Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353211383898810500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24513039726765369762013-07-25T20:32:11.760-04:002013-07-25T20:32:11.760-04:00Sorry, did you say you want more participation in ...Sorry, did you say you want more participation in student strip clubs? I have to stop using Bubba as a mentor.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407507896787403097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17095303551039614042013-07-25T15:02:08.044-04:002013-07-25T15:02:08.044-04:00Jesus, talk about an opening...
Bubba, you do tha...Jesus, talk about an opening...<br /><br />Bubba, you do that already!!!!Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40111653333396442532013-07-25T14:36:12.474-04:002013-07-25T14:36:12.474-04:00@Bubba: Not likely unless the whole school is clos...@Bubba: Not likely unless the whole school is closed. I teach certain "essential" classes that are required for several majors/minors, and I'm the only one in the school that can. If they fired me and hired someone cheaper, I'd sue. Besides, with salary compression I'm not all that more expensive than a new hire. Too much trouble to fire me. <br /><br />I just StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42142106231244595712013-07-25T14:35:22.852-04:002013-07-25T14:35:22.852-04:00Presuming that the CC president didn't have to...Presuming that the CC president didn't have to get approval from the Board of Trustees:<br /><br />I'd start using a proportion of the funds in the rainy-day reserve to convert adjunct positions to TT ones. Rainy day? It's pouring. And if the majority of faculty work part time, the college and students miss out on the committed availability of the professionals at the core of the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11394408875249455832013-07-25T13:52:32.328-04:002013-07-25T13:52:32.328-04:00Peter K for President! (And are you maxed out on p...Peter K for President! (And are you maxed out on partners?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40394080169296918392013-07-25T13:19:52.898-04:002013-07-25T13:19:52.898-04:00@Stella: Beware financial exigency.
@Stella: Beware financial exigency. <br />Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17559493770166012312013-07-25T13:19:10.756-04:002013-07-25T13:19:10.756-04:00I would sit in my office eating beef jerky and dri...I would sit in my office eating beef jerky and drinking bourbon.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20192047888704733282013-07-25T12:30:20.142-04:002013-07-25T12:30:20.142-04:00I would make Hiram Hannah Chief God of the Planeta...I would make Hiram Hannah Chief God of the Planetary Omnibus. And then I'd do something for the adjuncts.<br /><br />I'd declare all of May Hiram Hannah Month, a feast of croissants and raspberry punch each day at 10. I'd widen the parking spaces in Lot B.<br /><br />I'd ask someone to make me a jeweled scepter that played music.<br /><br />I'd give a part-timer my office, andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66110463825294529712013-07-25T11:03:57.755-04:002013-07-25T11:03:57.755-04:00Fire the last "Vice President" he hired....Fire the last "Vice President" he hired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3561618843169003052013-07-25T10:36:55.799-04:002013-07-25T10:36:55.799-04:00give the adjuncts a pay raise, reopen a closed par...give the adjuncts a pay raise, reopen a closed parking lot, cut back on a few admin positions, give every department one more TT-track position, and re-allow dogs on campus (with certain safety conditions). Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9388263950370814982013-07-25T10:09:08.814-04:002013-07-25T10:09:08.814-04:00Sixth decree-law: major policy decisions (admissio...Sixth decree-law: major policy decisions (admissions policies, procedures for faculty review, termination of tenured faculty or academic programs, changes to the Faculty Handbook) are subject to approval (vote) by the Faculty Senate, which is also charged with performance review for administrators above the dept chair level. The Senate's decisions are binding on administrators.<br /><br />Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24395341311925497572013-07-25T09:43:57.856-04:002013-07-25T09:43:57.856-04:00You can't fire us greybeards. We have tenure....You can't fire us greybeards. We have tenure. And we're not going anywhere.StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72089921169032222372013-07-25T08:59:46.883-04:002013-07-25T08:59:46.883-04:00I assume this means 24h with full dictatorial powe...I assume this means 24h with full dictatorial powers.<br /><br />First Decree-Law: henceforth all administrators (dept chairs to the president) will be drawn from the tenured faculty, for a fixed non-renewable four-year term. Professors will have a 1+1 teaching load while serving in an administrative role (lower-division GenEd courses only), and the position will carry a predetermined, temporary Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11023547081690990192013-07-25T07:53:32.115-04:002013-07-25T07:53:32.115-04:00If the salaries of a “few” senior faculty members ...If the salaries of a “few” senior faculty members can cover the salaries of “all” qualified adjuncts, I wish I worked where you do. Or did I miss a joke? <br /><br />My department has only one senior member who has been here for more than twenty years. I wonder: is she a greybeard? Or did I miss a joke?<br /><br />Joking aside, I can’t speak for your institution, but I work for a department TubaPlayingProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524484569241433720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49924754528005123462013-07-25T05:19:58.087-04:002013-07-25T05:19:58.087-04:00I'd fire a few greybeards to free up funds to ...I'd fire a few greybeards to free up funds to make all qualified adjuncts tenured track. Dream-Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899352252923649504noreply@blogger.com