I'll see Chris Green's modest proposal and raise you a class system for academics. There's an opinion piece in the NY Times by the Wharton psychology Adam Grant from which the Subject line is taken (doncha know? It's tenured professors and not increasing number of administrators that ills academia); see: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/opinion/a-solution-for-bad-teaching.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140206&_r=0
I believe that the point behind the article is that we create two tracks: one for professors who can get tenure through teaching and one for professors who can get tenure through research -- unstated but I assume, research professors would mentor graduate students and the occasional undergraduate because, you know, they need cheap labor to run a lab). Of course, these two groups of professors would be separate but equal, with teachers getting ever larger classes while researchers (if they can get the grant money) will get greater shares of real estate, higher pay (supplements from grants), and coverage of other costs (e.g., travel to conferences, publication, equipments, etc.). Sounds like a great idea! [If you respond "Yes" to the above statement, you missed the sarcasm]. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=33973 or send a blank email to leave-33973-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
