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I'm currently in what I devoutly hope is my final year of graduate study. Since I'd have to be applying for faculty positions more-or-less now in order to get one in September (and there's still a p < .10 chance that I won't graduate in May, if I don't get enough subjects), I'll be adjunct-ing in the fall, almost certainly. I plan, though, to do part-time teaching and work part-time as an administrator. (I currently work four days a week at Harvard, and hope to work half-time after I graduate.) An administrative job provides me a more certain, and higher, income (so that if a class were cancelled at the last minute, I could pay rent), health benefits, and the intangibles of a sense of belonging and structure. And a library card! Why don't more adjuncts-by-necessity go for part-time administrative work? It pays well, is usually secure (not as much as tenure, but more so than many jobs, and much more so than adjunct teaching) and it's a valuable education in how universities are run. There would be other benefits, too. Professors so often complain that the faculty perspective is lacking in administration, which too often sees running a university as running a business; they should work to get their adjuncts part-time permanent administrative positions as well, and then they would have greater representation in the managerial ranks. A modest proposal. Robin ******************************************************************************* Robin Pearce "When did ignorance become a point of view?" Boston University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --Scott Adams ******************************************************************************* --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
