tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post7987907712505618803..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Faculty MeetingClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-7008489665776146382009-10-14T07:03:59.442-04:002009-10-14T07:03:59.442-04:00"The biggest drawback of being a professor is..."The biggest drawback of being a professor is having to attend faculty meetings. This is the most depressing activity I can imagine."<br />Браво!:))) <br />А загалом, країні різні - проблеми ті ж...Bogdannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-55298611640229898972009-05-07T13:12:00.000-04:002009-05-07T13:12:00.000-04:00This is the difference between "teaching" and "res...This is the difference between "teaching" and "research" institutions. This year at one of my MLA interviews, when I described my research agenda, I was told: "We are a teaching institution, we prefer that our new hire concentrate on teaching and not research. Your research agenda is too broad."<br /><br />Actually, thank you for your question! You just inspired me to write a post on "MLA Dialogues." :-)Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-37767886472823349302009-05-07T08:07:00.000-04:002009-05-07T08:07:00.000-04:00How can you teach at the university level without ...How can you teach at the university level without conducting research?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-10979919950267563432009-05-06T12:32:00.000-04:002009-05-06T12:32:00.000-04:00About the trimester system, as long as they don't ...About the trimester system, as long as they don't require that we do this, I won't have a problem. One of the places I interviewed for had the 3-1-3 system, and you couldn't avoid it, though. I'm afraid they will be instituting this more and more often. Especially if we have more students and less teachers.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-5431824935298012142009-05-06T12:30:00.000-04:002009-05-06T12:30:00.000-04:00"The answer was - "The Corporation". And who elect..."The answer was - "The Corporation". And who elects the Corporation? The governing board!"<br /><br />- LOL! This is so silly!Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-13252204693633535112009-05-06T10:01:00.000-04:002009-05-06T10:01:00.000-04:00Well,
In our university we were told at one meeti...Well, <br />In our university we were told at one meeting by a vice-provost that according to the governing board the research is a distraction from the main goal of the university which is teaching, and therefore, we should not expect more research support from the university. I was imprudent enough to ask the vice-provost if he could tell us who elects the governing board. (Which in the context clearly meant "who are those idiots?".) The answer was - "The Corporation". And who elects the Corporation? The governing board! :)<br />Trimester system may be not that bad if organized properly. We formally have trimester system, but very few courses are taught in summer and they are taught by ancient professors who do not do research (another legacy of formerly "teaching university")...<br />V.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com