Michael- Yes I have heard of this happening and no I do not find it very collegial. However, the policies for employment are different at every institution. Policies would dictate what is official notification. I don't see that a letter would be all that much more kind. I'm nor sure I see your point about texts/emails as it is as official as other institutional correspondence in most cases. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker ________________________________________ From: michael sylvester [msylves...@copper.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:11 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] As an Academic Dean,would you inform a faculty member that his contract will not be renewed by sending him a text message? This happened to a friend of mine and he is pissed that this was conveyed to him through text instead of an officia.l academic letter. Btw,since texts are not personal property but belong to the ISP,could legal issues be raised as to its validity? Send me something. michael --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu<mailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=26708 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-26708-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-26708-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26726 or send a blank email to leave-26726-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
