On blogging while tenure tracking 20 Jul 2008 John Hawks has an excellent essay up (I don’t know how correct it is, never having been on a tenure track) on the merits and problems of being an academic blogger. Do read it. Administrative
Administrative Sick… again 4 Sep 2008 Once again I have manflu, the most despicable disease known to man (and to women, who also suffer indirectly from it). So blogging is patchy. Also, I have to do some teaching stuff, which involves thinking about what the essays say. I am writing, slowly, a piece about the recent… Read More
Administrative Me-mail 21 May 2011 I hate moving, so the Universe has kindly arranged that I must do it around once per year. Despite having pared my possessions down to a begging bowl, loin cloth, and several thousand books, it is still a royal pain. But the worst aspect of it is that you have… Read More
Administrative Adaptationism for and against 30 Sep 2009 My passing comment on San Marco has triggered a really interesting debate at Larry’s place. Larry thinks I think nothing can be selectively neutral, however. This is wrong. I think that things can be at the same time, selectively neutral (in that there is no real selective difference between an… Read More
I’ve had friends on tenure track at a research university, Penn State. One of my friends was borderline in his published research. His advsors said that his student reviews were too good. He was told that he spent too much time helping students while he needed to spend more time on research. His advisors wanted to see average student reviews instead of exceptional student reviews. He was borderline in regards to the number of peer reviewed publication per year and he was denied tenure. Papa Beaver says that a research university might frown upon Assistant Professors spending time on a blog unless the respective Assistant Professor publishes twice as many peer reviewed articles than expected. Consult your local tenure advisers if exceptions apply.
I’ve had friends on tenure track at a research university, Penn State. One of my friends was borderline in his published research. His advsors said that his student reviews were too good. He was told that he spent too much time helping students while he needed to spend more time on research. His advisors wanted to see average student reviews instead of exceptional student reviews. He was borderline in regards to the number of peer reviewed publication per year and he was denied tenure. Papa Beaver says that a research university might frown upon Assistant Professors spending time on a blog unless the respective Assistant Professor publishes twice as many peer reviewed articles than expected. Consult your local tenure advisers if exceptions apply.