On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Jeffrey Fisher writes: >of course, leisure time is fuzzy in academia, > at least when you take either or both of your teaching and writing > seriously.< > > if you're on salary, whether in academia or not, the idea of your > "hours of work" has no direct connection with your pay. In theory, at > least, you are held responsible for achieving some specific goals, not > for working any specific number of hours. Administrators don't care > how many hours salaried employees work per week (or per month or per > year) as much as whether those goals are achieved or not. > true, but "in theory" constitutes an important caveat. especially in teaching-centric institutions, there is emphasis on face time (office hours, for example), on "efficiency" in the form of classroom seats filled, and on committee/politics time. but part of this is just that the idea of the five-day workweek remains firmly in place (in terms of classes especially). j
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