http://chronicle.com/article/Live-Chat-Innovators-in/63552/
This Chronical article lists the freely available discussions about the challenges and the training necessary to deal with overseas travel as part of an academic program. If you have been asked to develop a program or shepherd a group overseas, or are interested in going into this end of academia, here is a place to catch up with the conversation.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Adjunct update and organization
In the ridiculously unfair world of academic teaching, this article explains the latest movement toward equalizing the pay, work load, and benefits for those non-tenured faculty.
http://chronicle.com/article/Coalition-Seeks-Better/64054/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Coalition on the Academic Workforce
http://www.academicworkforce.org/
I believe that higher education is changing beyond the predicted 2 tier system, and that the hubris of the tenure system has become its own downfall.
http://chronicle.com/article/Coalition-Seeks-Better/64054/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Coalition on the Academic Workforce
http://www.academicworkforce.org/
I believe that higher education is changing beyond the predicted 2 tier system, and that the hubris of the tenure system has become its own downfall.
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