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The costs of layoffs
It looks like faculty at USF are “getting off” lightly in terms of layoffs by almost any measure. I have some questions remaining about the choices available to my institution, but the position of faculty here is better than USF staff and better than those who work in other sectors hit hard by the recession. […]
When to stop working for the day…
I’ve been in my office for most of the past 6 hours, engaged in various editorial tasks. Most of the time, I have been writing disposition e-mails, generally rejections and requests for revisions. I know it’s time to head home when I cannot write another rejection note. I’ll just have to carve out time later […]
Feeling lazy at 9:30 am
I must be too-well socialized: I’m reading my daughter’s book manuscript this morning, but I’ll probably leave the house shortly to get some work done on Education Policy Analysis Archives and then reading and grading papers. Yesterday’s class documented two things for me: I had planned enough for an entire day of teaching, and it’s […]
Scheduled fragmentation is less stressful
Today is F day, as in fragmentation (so get your mind out of the gutter). It’s the first day of summer vacation for my children, but my teaching spouse is in for a final closeout day to finish her paperwork for the year. Or, rather, it’s the paid closeout day, since she may have to […]
Academic offspring terminology needed
One of my colleagues at USF gave birth over the weekend, and coming on the heels of a few engagement announcements, it’s another bit of welcome news. The world needs that, I think. One of the great changes in academe over the past half-century is that institutions are becoming more accommodating of family life. Not […]