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By: (Mis)Representation of Academics « The Holding Tank

(Mis)Representation of Academics « The Holding Tank — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:28:08 +0000

[...] need for open discussions and sharing of what academics do in academia and beyond. Academics should start talking back. This need not be done in a condescending manner, but through public offline or online forums where [...]

By: (Mis)Representation of Academics

(Mis)Representation of Academics — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:25:12 +0000

By: What’s New at UVenus? 14 April 2012 « University of Venus

What’s New at UVenus? 14 April 2012 « University of Venus — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:12:58 +0000

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By: K. Faucher

K. Faucher — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:27:29 +0000

Sadly, this is part of the war for public opinion. Given the current ideological climate, it places issues of education at all levels at a disadvantage. Partly because of the naturalization of the neoliberal discourse adopting the strategies of “crisis management”, austerity financing, and “shared restraint.” Public perception and reality are rarely in accord. The effectiveness of public awareness strategies meets a significant challenge given that facts do not always fare well against convenient beliefs. And, for as long as education is not recognized for its intrinsic values, the very academic mission becomes displaced by an appeal to the extrinsic values of market logic. For faculty at all levels, workload has indeed increased – especially given the trends of downshifting managerial responsibilities to full-time academics. Despite the increased demands for service and teaching, these remain “downgraded” in research-intensive universities. It is easier to make the case for salary freezes when the professoriate can be demonized by characterizations of entitlement, laziness, and inefficiency that play well to the outrage on Main Street. The tragedy being, of course, that the stereotypes are easily disseminated and adopted.

By: Wendy Robbins

Wendy Robbins — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:08:09 +0000

It is now 8 pm and I am still downloading and printing out essays from my students that were due today. When I finish marking the class assignments, I still have to read and comment on the third chapter of an honours thesis that is in preparation under my supervision this term. I generally work 12-hours days, between teaching, preparation, marking, research, and service on campus and to the wider community. I love the work and its flexible hours, but I almost never have a day completely off. Vacations are built around research conferences, and I always have a book or two to read even late at night. Most of my colleagues are similarly hard working.

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Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:48:56 +0000

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