The Washington Post article claims that academics don't work hard enough ;)
"faculty salaries now mirror those of most upper-middle-class Americans working 40 hours for 50 weeks, they continue to pay for teaching time of nine to 15 hours per week for 30 weeks, making possible a month-long winter break, a week off in the spring and a summer vacation from mid-May until September."
I think this is a good article. I was not expecting it to take into account the time spent doing research - but it does. The main problem the author has is with teaching schools. Fair enough.
But even in teaching schools, the work load is more than just class time. It also includes long office hours, class preparation, grading hundreds of homework, exams, papers, directing student projects, advising, program and school committees, etc. Although some don't do much during the summer and winter breaks, it is misleading to say they work just 9 hours per week.
The Washington Post article claims that academics don't work hard enough ;)
"faculty salaries now mirror those of most upper-middle-class Americans working 40 hours for 50 weeks, they continue to pay for teaching time of nine to 15 hours per week for 30 weeks, making possible a month-long winter break, a week off in the spring and a summer vacation from mid-May until September."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/do-college-professors-work-hard-enough/2012/02/15/gIQAn058VS_story.html
The author of the article claims to be a life long academic and former university chancellor. that's pure BS. No life long academic makes university chancellor. To make chancellor, you have to spend an awful lot of time brown nosing on the administration ladder, which is not compatible with being a life long academic
The Washington Post article claims that academics don't work hard enough ;)
"faculty salaries now mirror those of most upper-middle-class Americans working 40 hours for 50 weeks, they continue to pay for teaching time of nine to 15 hours per week for 30 weeks, making possible a month-long winter break, a week off in the spring and a summer vacation from mid-May until September."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/do-college-professors-work-hard-enough/2012/02/15/gIQAn058VS_story.html
The author of the article claims to be a life long academic and former university chancellor. that's pure BS. No life long academic makes university chancellor. To make chancellor, you have to spend an awful lot of time brown nosing on the administration ladder, which is not compatible with being a life long academic
What sort of a heinous alternate universe do those Poli Sci people live in, where I can't go in and give a no good to every post in a thread?
Heh, on the polisci board they are discussing moving to a 4-day work week
http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=61355
The Washington Post article claims that academics don't work hard enough ;)
"faculty salaries now mirror those of most upper-middle-class Americans working 40 hours for 50 weeks, they continue to pay for teaching time of nine to 15 hours per week for 30 weeks, making possible a month-long winter break, a week off in the spring and a summer vacation from mid-May until September."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/do-college-professors-work-hard-enough/2012/02/15/gIQAn058VS_story.html
I don't think he has heard of 9 month contracts.