tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3313664632281267052..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Tenured Radical's Post at ChronicleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32921370123658679472011-10-27T12:13:46.794-04:002011-10-27T12:13:46.794-04:00My university, which is located in an area with an...My university, which is located in an area with an increasingly high cost of living, recently built some close-to-campus faculty/staff housing. By the time they were done, the company to which they had outsourced the job had produced "luxury" apartments priced at a level that only the TT (and staff with similar salaries) could afford. I'm sure they work well for mid-level to seniorContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86880906633879804632011-10-26T18:32:27.200-04:002011-10-26T18:32:27.200-04:00I went to a school without the new and shiny and I...I went to a school without the new and shiny and I've never regretted it.<br /><br />However, I was downright embarrassed to show my parents around the place. THEY really thought I should go somewhere with more pizazz. I actually sort of feel like that about where I'm living now--I'm really happy, but my parents don't give a shit unless it's big and splashy (here is not that My Little Proffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843685528001871813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12386997933565592011-10-26T16:53:15.051-04:002011-10-26T16:53:15.051-04:00Well, god knows a Chik-Fil-A is vital to one's...Well, god knows a Chik-Fil-A is vital to one's education.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71582346795979287732011-10-26T11:44:07.434-04:002011-10-26T11:44:07.434-04:00The problem is that these days, in order to compet...The problem is that these days, in order to compete for students, universities feel like they have to "sell the university as a luxury environment". This is what happens when the average student comes to college thinking more about their social life and their comfort than their studies. Students also expect the latest bells and whistles with regard to technology. <br /><br />I don'StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56650779563890255742011-10-26T09:29:38.291-04:002011-10-26T09:29:38.291-04:00I lurve Claire Potter, aka Tenured Radical. Occup...I lurve Claire Potter, aka Tenured Radical. Occupy Education, indeed.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74755879047318072122011-10-26T06:23:50.102-04:002011-10-26T06:23:50.102-04:00“necessity” for investing in actual space (vast bu...“necessity” for investing in actual space (vast buildings devoted mostly to student recreation and selling the university as a luxury environment), an expanded managerial force and a virtual (teaching through technology) future." Just what's happening here!!! Are we all working for the same place? did my presi-vost go to the same "leadership" conference sessions as yours? TubaPlayingProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524484569241433720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45234722315378456132011-10-26T02:08:46.775-04:002011-10-26T02:08:46.775-04:00Hear, hear.
(Said without reading the whole artic...Hear, hear.<br /><br />(Said without reading the whole article.)Eskarinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854383335265386899noreply@blogger.com