tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post113859682717885810..comments2023-10-30T08:30:47.431-05:00Comments on See Jane Compute: OverschedulingJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17082496114155799356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-1138858276349474492006-02-01T23:31:00.000-06:002006-02-01T23:31:00.000-06:00C, you're right, that is a bit confusing. The poi...C, you're right, that is a bit confusing. The point I was trying to make is that senior faculty (and department chairs specifically) should, in theory, make sure to protect the time of junior faculty--so that we have time to develop our courses, get our research programs going, and earn tenure. And that's the party line that's trotted out from time to time. But in practice, this rarely happens--even when a senior faculty person becomes aware that a junior person is way overcommitted, there's not a lot of guidance as to what can be dropped, and it's not clear what the consequences are of dropping a university-wide commitment vs. a department commitment, a high-profile ad-hoc committee vs. a committee appointment, etc. I totally get the need to keep the university and the department running, and that faculty need to take ownership of that, but I wish there was more freedom here to determine how to partition your service time, and more transparency in terms of what *is* and *is not* important in the grand scheme of things. (I hope that's a bit clearer!)Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082496114155799356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-1138824987796290292006-02-01T14:16:00.000-06:002006-02-01T14:16:00.000-06:00I'm sorry, I'm finding it hard to reconcile the bi...I'm sorry, I'm finding it hard to reconcile the bit where you say <BR/><I>"Oh my god! Tell me your weeks don't normally look like that," he said. "Actually," I said, "this is pretty typical." He was appalled.</I> and the bit where you say <I>but the mentality here is that you do your share to help out</I>.<BR/><BR/>If your heavy load was the fair share that everyone else has, including him, then why was he so appalled?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9848115.post-1138639500521609192006-01-30T10:45:00.000-06:002006-01-30T10:45:00.000-06:00I hate it when I schedule like this!!I hate it when I schedule like this!!Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124246378936489539noreply@blogger.com