Attending conferences as a professor from a teaching institution
We are hitting the peak season for conferences.
For those of us from teaching-centered schools, we have an extra
First, let’s remove all the desks
Let’s say I were a provost or president, and had some hundred thousand dollars lying around that needed to
On not liking teaching
Some hubbub has emerged over an opinion piece published over in the Chronicle of Higher Education a few days ago,
Juggling summer parenting and research
Some people think that when kids are old enough to go to school, that parents get more time available to
Pretending you planned to test that hypothesis the whole time
Our scientific papers often harbor a massive silent fiction.
Papers often lead the readership into thinking that the main point
Letters of recommendation for a faculty job: teaching observations
How do you get a (teaching) job without experience, and how do you get (teaching) experience without a job?
Sure,
We’re teaching the scientific method incorrectly
As a scientist, I am often doing science. It’s my job. I know science. By any measure, I’m
Open question: sabbatical funding?
This is a question for you:
I suspect most universities have moved to a one-semester sabbatical, with a full-
Teaching universities as the farm league
Many people seek faculty jobs at teaching universities even though they would prefer to work at a research university.
This
Less valid complaints about not getting a tenure-track faculty position
We produce way more PhD scientists than the existing demand for tenure-track faculty positions. That’s a straight up
