tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6810248855683063085..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Affordable Care Act Implementation MiseryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34142352680440492662013-04-30T17:02:21.065-04:002013-04-30T17:02:21.065-04:00This is exactly, exactly, exactly what I was afrai...This is exactly, exactly, exactly what I was afraid of when ACA passed. "Compromise" sucks. Single-payer that shit.The Magical Realisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069059368113533234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12465972081327890742013-04-30T15:25:28.386-04:002013-04-30T15:25:28.386-04:00@Peter K: Those numbers are exceptional. I wonder...@Peter K: Those numbers are exceptional. I wonder what the turnover is. Mean number of years (and standard deviation) on both (untenured) TT and non-TT? If there are only two part-timers, then I assume there might be a few dozen TAs? And maybe some administrators or professional researchers who teach classes without showing up on the budget as proffies.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23458592533440920702013-04-30T14:26:24.127-04:002013-04-30T14:26:24.127-04:00I asked the head, and this is where my dept. is: w...I asked the head, and this is where my dept. is: we have 25 full-time non-TT instructors, who get health benefits (compared to 35 TT); and only two part-time. There is no move afoot to reduce their hours due to the ACA. So at least as far as my dept is concerned, Baumfulck State hasn't stooped that low yet.Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40615230002133939872013-04-29T09:17:56.460-04:002013-04-29T09:17:56.460-04:00True dat. As I said above, I think they're ge...True dat. As I said above, I think they're getting perilously close to the point of endorsing minimum effort on either the students' of the proffies' parts, especially in what are aptly termed "commodity" courses. Somebody should just start selling AA degrees (oh; wait a minute; several somebodies already are). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83971431076031241032013-04-29T00:43:11.728-04:002013-04-29T00:43:11.728-04:00The really funny part is that if this administrati...The really funny part is that if this administration gets what it pays for---college courses taught with no homework, since they're unwilling to pay for having it graded---the students will love it, and the proffies involved will get better anonymous student evaluations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38358544015324253722013-04-28T21:13:18.227-04:002013-04-28T21:13:18.227-04:00If your students are doing the same (a plausible p...If your students are doing the same (a plausible possibility), everybody could save some time, and possibly money, by hiring the same stand-ins/subcontractors. <br /><br />Of course, the above is only a stopgap until we get to the point where machines grade papers that were, in turn, written by machines. I'm not sure why anyone should bother at that point, except that the collapse of the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25501174970822734172013-04-28T20:56:56.716-04:002013-04-28T20:56:56.716-04:00Actually, my state's government seems to be ma...Actually, my state's government seems to be managing to police this matter (or, rather, from what I hear from colleagues, the community college is very much on top of it and my own uni is rather slow on the uptake). Then again, I've got a state government that has shown signs of wishing to be pretty intrusive in some ways lately (no, I didn't vote for the present administration). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74219688637341653352013-04-28T17:21:51.500-04:002013-04-28T17:21:51.500-04:00Important post that makes me feel ill.
Cassandra ...Important post that makes me feel ill.<br /><br />Cassandra asked if this could be a tipping point that makes people realize that the way we treat THE MAJORITY of college instructors must change. It could be if people cared.<br /><br />On the other hand, one prediction we don't have to worry about is this: <br /><br />"In some places -- e.g. ones where many adjuncts have worked both for Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31353123219160861602013-04-28T11:45:14.416-04:002013-04-28T11:45:14.416-04:00This is the very definition of piling on. Not only...This is the very definition of piling on. Not only do you get paid crap wages, you're not getting health insurance either.Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44844605419123310452013-04-28T11:26:03.406-04:002013-04-28T11:26:03.406-04:00I've thought about doing this with my online c...I've thought about doing this with my online courses. No lie.Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66112571039171222792013-04-28T10:35:13.228-04:002013-04-28T10:35:13.228-04:00I read the IHE article; this is no way to treat pe...I read the IHE article; this is no way to treat people. <br /><br />I think we'll begin to see more and more examples that will show the folly of not going all the way to a single-payer system, of expecting capitalism to "do the right thing".<br /><br />We have about ten long-term non-TT instructors at my department, and now I'm curious about what their situation is with regardsPeter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43068456656735071432013-04-27T20:48:34.106-04:002013-04-27T20:48:34.106-04:00Good post, Cass.
Charlie Rose did a related segme...Good post, Cass.<br /><br />Charlie Rose did a related <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12897" rel="nofollow">segment</a> on this a couple days ago.<br /><br />I don't care because I farm out all my proffie duties to some <a href="https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome" rel="nofollow">smart Chinese kids</a> each night when I go to sleep. When I wake up the next morning, all mySouthern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.com