Category: Reflections on academic life
Do College Professors Work Hard Enough? Give me a break.
Here we go again. In Friday’s Washington Post Opinion section David Levy asks the question: Do college professors work hard enough?” My major complaint about his essay (and there is much t... Read More
Reflections on November 17th
I spent the better part of the day in Carson, CA. Faculty at CSU Dominguez Hills walked out in a one day strike. I was there to support their cause and their sacrifice; after all, those faculty will b... Read More
The Tragedy of the Chancellor’s Vision for the CSU
Outsourcing. It is ubiquitous in the private sector. Low skill jobs are shipped to low wage countries to increase the bottom line for corporations. Outsourcing is also common in the public sector. For... Read More
Dispatching an Urban Myth
Yesterday I addressed a major misconception about college professors: College professors teach for a couple of hours and then go home. Today I want to dispatch a second misconception: College professo... Read More
A Day in the Life
A major misconception about college professors is that we teach for a few hours a day and then go home. The truth is that teaching is not the only thing that we do. Yes, we are in the classroom about ... Read More
What is a “Teaching University”?
I hear the term all the time: “Teaching University.” Every time I hear it I admit to being a bit puzzled. What is a “teaching university.” Show me a university that does not te... Read More
Why I Research
In a recent LA Times Op-Ed Naomi Riley bemoaned academic research in the California State University system. The CSU, she argued, is a “teaching university;” why is the CSU faculty engaging in res... Read More- 2 of 2
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