tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post5691731472089028153..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: Program PrioritizationDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-34118295615286598912016-06-22T16:53:30.949-05:002016-06-22T16:53:30.949-05:00It should also be noted that the co-non-mentioned ...It should also be noted that the co-non-mentioned (coincidental?) Chair is a leading light of the FA. Another one known for his compliance with the administration is also on that committee. Any union should be opposing higher administration, demanding the elimination of sports and the inflated bureaucracy as well as actively defending threatened NTT faculty. Again, another sell-out by the FA! Tony Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-61539679333754598602016-06-15T16:32:42.968-05:002016-06-15T16:32:42.968-05:00Thanks for the comment. I don't quite see how ...Thanks for the comment. I don't quite see how this plan in itself pushes us toward adjuncts, though that is certainly an administrative temptation, and the overall proportion of NTT faculty has risen in recent years. <br /><br />Cutting programs is presumably a way to make the university work with fewer faculty overall (thus saving $$), as opposed to trying to keep doing everything by Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-75455362179930922016-06-15T16:25:54.295-05:002016-06-15T16:25:54.295-05:00Yes, I agree completely. Some cuts will make units...Yes, I agree completely. Some cuts will make units seem more "efficient" in the short run, so they will score higher in any sort of prioritization scheme, but at some point the camel's back breaks, morale plummets, necessary courses go untaught, and faculty cannot any longer give much attention to program building. Students will drift away to programs lucky enough to have more Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-34209524936026594762016-06-15T16:19:31.541-05:002016-06-15T16:19:31.541-05:00You definitely have and this is all part of a move...You definitely have and this is all part of a move towards 100% adjunct faculty throughout the entire campus. Tony Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-2452010391516296632016-06-14T23:01:10.211-05:002016-06-14T23:01:10.211-05:00The Math Dept is weak, or at least weaker than it ...The Math Dept is weak, or at least weaker than it was a few years ago. Tenure track faculty has been cut nearly in half. This is due an extremely hostile dean for fives years until he was pushed out the door, to the current unsympathetic dean, burdened further by the recent budget madness. We have fewer tenure track faculty now than SIUE. <br /><br />So, in assessing a program we need to take Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com