Dr. Crazy has made an excellent argument for tenure based upon its benefit to institutions and to students. Meanwhile, the AAUP is calling for the conversion of non tenure lines to tenure lines, and I agree. They say in part: By far the best stabilization practices are those that include the rigorous professional peer scrutiny … More Academic Mondays: Conversion to Tenure
Our comrade Slavoj, courtesy of Jennifer. I am in Brazil, where the wavelets lap. It is another planet and very relaxing in its third world, ascetic way. I think I fit in in South America a lot better than I do in the U.S. I should possibly move. Axé.
It is not yet the weekend. We are not singing, or even writing real posts; we are only peeping. Peep! Pe-ep! I am behind on a deadline and it is not because I am a Procrastinator with Poor Time Management, it is because I am so deeply trained to put my own priorities below those … More Peeping Toward Bethlehem
I have so many things to do that it is hard to know where to start. It is hard to know where to start because realistically, there is not enough time to accomplish it all — if there were, I could start anywhere. I would prefer to just start anywhere but I must first discern … More Straitjackets of Normalcy
It is winter, and key limes are thick on the branches. Garlic is blooming, and soon there will be bright kumquats. Picking oranges, seeing how the tree branches had bent under their weight, I realized that the globes on Christmas trees represent fruit. Every winter we quote from the Archpriest of Hita. This year we … More En hiver: Archpriest of Hita
It is October 15, the traditional opening day of the job search season. I have a few suggestions for people going on campus visits — suggestions others may not have covered yet. 1. Good facilities are rare. Take note of the schools that have these. 2. Think of yourself as a colleague, not as an … More That Job Market: Suggestions for Interviewees
Any time is a good time to read Mercè Rodoreda. The Nation‘s review article on her is worth reading, too. I have never really studied Rodoreda’s life and I have not read all of her books. Having read the review, however, I am re-fascinated. At one point the writer says: It’s curious that Rodoreda is … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Mercè Rodoreda
Tnis is one of those old-old posts. ON CERTAIN FALSITIES Perhaps it is for no reason related to me that people have always gone on at me how to be and work. So this is another piece of my counterargument against those who threw so much unnecessary time management advice at me — at me, … More Research Hours
It appears that the eternal foodstuffs of artistic achievement are “discipline, fortitude, ambition and self-belief.” These were not allowed in Re/Education, and that explains my problems with it. It has been an entire weekend of rather boring work, frustrating in part because all of it must be done rather superficially, uninterestingly. I was tired and … More Gabo
This is just one of Historiann‘s interesting posts on women and academia. When I was in elementary school the Emeritus Professor’s long and intense work day included preparing manuscripts in longhand to be typed by the departmental secretary. My mother’s day included preparing social events for the Emeritus Professor’s department, and making diplomatic telephone calls … More The Triple Day
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