Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: farewell to academe

2001-03-06 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
be taught. I am not kidding. And this garbage is going on at a lot of other institutions across the country. Barkley Rosser -Original Message- From: ann li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 05, 2001 11:35 PM Subject: [PEN-L:8714]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: farewell to academe

2001-03-05 Thread ann li
I completely agree with that. At my last job, the new "performance outcomes" plans that mimic business examples and were handed down by state system-wide administration were driven by a move to a (more) Republican appointed Board of Regents and made a shambles of an already incompetent strategic p

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: farewell to academe

2001-03-05 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
hat former mold, servants of their colleagues rather than their hired bosses. Barkley Rosser -Original Message- From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:50 PM Subject: [PEN-L:8682] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: farew

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: farewell to academe

2001-03-05 Thread phillp2
Thanks Martin, I didn't realize Australia had adopted a version of my suggestion. When was this system introduced? I can see how it can be abused but it is still better than our present system. I had a relative teaching in a US university (private) who was told she could not fail a student

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: farewell to academe

2001-03-05 Thread Michael Perelman
Is a department chair an administrator? If so, I have known some excellent ones. Our own chair goes out of his way to make life better for staff, faculty and students. The key is that he sees his job as a service for others rather than as a "leader." ann li wrote: > I really agree with you Ca