We do that here, at my institution, and I thought at first that it was a great idea. And I have a lot of great conversations with my neighbors, who are theater profs, art profs, and history profs, but they generally don't tend to involve research or teaching. I think it's a good idea on paper that just doesn't work.
________________________________________ From: Louis Schmier [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:05 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - End the University as We Know It - NYTimes.com I always thought we should mix up offices among the various disciplines so that an historian would have an office next to an artist, psychologist, chemist, etc, etc. We were that way back when I first arrived on campus 43 years ago, had only a fifth of the faculty (100) and a seventh of the student body (1500). We had only 1 1/2 buildings for the entire faculty and classrooms. We were at that time a true campus community, interacted with each other, partied with each other, appreciated each other. We weren't balkanized. Then, we started to grow and the turf wars began, the separation into different buildings and campuses began, the division into departments, schools, and then colleges began, and the deterioration of the campus community began. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmier http:/www.therandomthoughts.com Department of History Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947) /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\____/\ \/\ / \ \__ \/ / \ /\/ \ \ /\ //\/\/ /\ \_ / /___\/\ \ \ \/ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains \ /\ _/ \ don't practice on mole hills" -/ \ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
