tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5653954525409855260..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Talk about starving artists!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53042123630431378182012-05-25T20:20:48.591-04:002012-05-25T20:20:48.591-04:00@Frod: Here's something to share with your stu...@Frod: Here's <a href="http://htwins.net/scale2/" rel="nofollow">something to share with your students</a>.<br /><br />Or not?Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64924932469217386062012-05-23T20:14:41.410-04:002012-05-23T20:14:41.410-04:00Of course, encouraging faculty to be active in res...Of course, encouraging faculty to be active in research and giving the freedom to choose their own research topics can have its own problems. Often one hears the complaint that profs spend too much time on research, and not enough time and effort teaching. <br /><br />Having been burned by this myself as a student, I can sympathize. Still, profs at many universities, and not only R1 or even R2 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76512298623095615122012-05-23T19:43:58.743-04:002012-05-23T19:43:58.743-04:00We got to this problem as soon as we could.We got to this problem as soon as we could.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49658954383034557632012-05-23T19:43:39.239-04:002012-05-23T19:43:39.239-04:00None: Is there any way we could convince you to pi...None: Is there any way we could convince you to pick another user name. None and Nobody and Anonymous and Anonymous Guy and all the other non-names are too easily copied and used by trolls and troublemakers. It would be greatly appreciated if you'd pick something like a more recognizable CM-style name.<br /><br />Thank you for your consideration.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14614285641737645572012-05-23T19:13:29.416-04:002012-05-23T19:13:29.416-04:00Everybody else should value it highly because it&#...Everybody else should value it highly because it's inherently valuable.<br /><br />It's like being a mother. Lip service all year, then on *your day* you get burnt toast and have to pretend to love it.Nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988984668798231437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25353234094213544302012-05-23T19:08:00.092-04:002012-05-23T19:08:00.092-04:00I do agree that this is not a new topic. This is a...I do agree that this is not a new topic. This is a perennial discussion in academia. Alan Bloom discussed it in “The Closing of the American Mind” in 1987, and he was by no means the first. A solution boils down to the following alternatives:<br /><br />(1) We discourage university faculty from being active in research. This won’t work, because what profs know can get out of date quickly, in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18686467195248319962012-05-23T18:46:20.901-04:002012-05-23T18:46:20.901-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90802439539630087802012-05-23T17:36:41.383-04:002012-05-23T17:36:41.383-04:00I wasn't quite sure of the author's point,...I wasn't quite sure of the author's point, as the tone of the lead didn't carry through the whole piece.<br /><br />But in any case, yeah, I do my scholarship for free. The breakdown of efforts during the course of the year probably works out to something like:<br /><br />60%= Teaching (Preparation, Classroom and grading)<br />25%= Research (Reading, Writing, Presenting Results at DrDoctorDrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160070320563319938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36103503397064569802012-05-23T14:40:42.070-04:002012-05-23T14:40:42.070-04:00Ah, I see your point better now. Effectively being...Ah, I see your point better now. Effectively being paid for research happens only at research institutions with lower teaching duties to compensate. Otherwise the expectations are there, but you're not actually being compensated for it.The Magical Realisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069059368113533234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36856654658855365122012-05-23T11:59:30.832-04:002012-05-23T11:59:30.832-04:00I think that number was just dividing the professo...I think that number was just dividing the professor's pay into various duties. So if a prof makes $X, and Y% of a salary is devoted to research, and if they produce Z number of research artifacts, then <i>in effect</i> they are earning $A per article. That type of thing.The Magical Realisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069059368113533234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91410369132763927812012-05-23T04:42:50.032-04:002012-05-23T04:42:50.032-04:00I suffered for my art, and now it's your turn....I suffered for my art, and now it's your turn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69696969765697815582012-05-23T01:13:50.249-04:002012-05-23T01:13:50.249-04:00Teaching loads at CC institutions dropped from 4.5...Teaching loads at CC institutions dropped from 4.5 courses per semester to a little over 4?<br /><br />Wow! Freedom!Warner Belangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885649999227305507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51668695481601769272012-05-22T22:18:46.449-04:002012-05-22T22:18:46.449-04:00I wonder how many professors get a research allowa...I wonder how many professors get a research allowance (as in, money set aside in their salary for research), at the cost of $7,000 an article, for example. How many places actually factor that in to the pay? I make way less than the pay rate in the article and teach a full load each quarter, yet am expected to publish with no time off for such (we have no sabbaticals or reduced loads to The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27356640333986004482012-05-22T22:13:13.088-04:002012-05-22T22:13:13.088-04:00I hope it's not a case of only being appreciat...I hope it's not a case of only being appreciated 20 years after I'm dead like other worthwhile artists.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.com