tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post8184130385815921966..comments2024-03-22T01:06:23.845-07:00Comments on Confessions of a College Professor: “More Students Without Increasing Faculty”Doomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-53577626936696428052014-07-17T17:25:41.280-07:002014-07-17T17:25:41.280-07:00I've got lots of stories to tell myself.
Grad...I've got lots of stories to tell myself.<br /><br />Grad studies has its own issues, many completely different than what happens at the undergrad level. Yet, the two are related as much of what happens during the process of getting a graduate degree determines the type of faculty that are eventually hired.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-26469592681275329672014-07-17T14:47:35.849-07:002014-07-17T14:47:35.849-07:00I certainly have my share of stories re:grad schoo...I certainly have my share of stories re:grad school and grad students. I might go that route at some point. Even after 130 posts, I yet have a thing or to to say about the undergraduate "college education" most folks know about.Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-84950740899925869312014-07-17T14:06:45.971-07:002014-07-17T14:06:45.971-07:00By the way, the system of grad studies would make ...By the way, the system of grad studies would make for some interesting discussions on this site. There are lots of things that go on that don't seem to add up.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-59402775080438187982014-07-17T13:59:20.661-07:002014-07-17T13:59:20.661-07:00It's all about ratings, bragging rights, and h...It's all about ratings, bragging rights, and how high an institution ranks in a survey results published by some fishwrap.<br /><br />The current president at my alma mater will leave office at the end of her current term. She publicly committed herself to putting that university in the top bracket. Of course, what she didn't say is that someone had to pay for it. Guess who might be? She convinced a certain moneybags to fork over some loot but the rest was supposed to come from alumni.<br /><br />During the annual beg-a-thon, my alma mater contacted me. The munchkin on the other end of the line claimed that there was a multi-million dollar shortfall and that my donation was *urgently* needed. What that munchkin didn't say was that it wasn't because the government short-changed the university in its annual budget allocation, which it didn't. It was because I, and all the other alumni, had to pay for said president's "vision" (or would vanity be the proper term?), something I didn't find out about until I read about it in a newspaper some time later.<br /><br />Did she succeed in raising the university into that magic range? Nope, but that didn't stop her from reminding people to keep trying.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.com