Re: [tips] faculty sharing offices

2012-06-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I've been in a shared office situation as an adjunct and as a one year temporary faculty. It is awkward when you have student consultations and I feel that the modern climate and laws on confidentiality pretty much rules out this kind of arrangement. The school had two 'adjunct' pools, by the

Re: [tips] faculty sharing offices

2012-06-12 Thread Ken Steele
Hi Marty: I have dealt with space crunches on several occasions and have not heard of regular faculty sharing offices as a common solution. In my experience, the typical solution is to find a vacant office -- somewhere, anywhere -- for the required time period. In the past, the ASU psych

Re: [tips] faculty sharing offices

2012-06-12 Thread don allen
Hi Marty- We had to do it years ago before we had an enlarged campus. It actually worked out well for me as my office mate was a really great person & we were quite compatible. As I remember, the Chair made the assignments but people had the ability to swap around if they chose. -Don. - O

[tips] faculty sharing offices

2012-06-12 Thread Bourgeois, Dr. Martin
Hi, everyone. Faced with both a space crunch and a budget crunch, my university's administration is planning to have faculty begin doubling up and sharing offices. I have never heard of regular faculty being asked to share offices. I'm curious as to how common such a policy might be. Please let

Re: [tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes

2012-06-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
This was the part of the News Observer story that caught my eye: "Nyang’oro received summer pay only for the AFAM 280 class last summer, and it was the standard amount: $12,000." $12K to teach one summer class?!?! Where can I get a gig like that? I'll actually teach the class, too! Paul Read

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2012-06-12 Thread mjchael sylvester
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2012-06-12 Thread mjchael sylvester
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Re: [tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes

2012-06-12 Thread Louis E. Schmier
When I was a TA/part-time instructor at UNC-CH in the mid-60's, three freshman basketballers came into class and asked me if they had to attend class to get their passing grade. I immediately called Dean Smith. The next day those three came into class virtually on hands-and-knees in supplicati

Re: [tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes

2012-06-12 Thread William Scott
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[tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes

2012-06-12 Thread Gerald Peterson
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[tips] Quick sociobiological fathers' day check.

2012-06-12 Thread mjchael sylvester
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