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 If they do this, I never need to use a M$ product again 8 Dec 2007 The sole reason that I have any Microsoft products on my machine at all, is compatibility with Endnote. Once upon a time, Endnote was equally capable with a number of word and document processors, but now it only works with Word or by scanning RTF, which is a Bad Format… Read More
Administrative Five-fiftysix meme 1 Dec 2008 New: Solutions listed Mike Dunford, who is still trying to get me to pay for that time he put me up in Hawaii when his wife was on active service in Iraq (if I knew what I’d have to pay, both in climbing horrific rainforested slopes to release wallabies, and… Read More
Administrative Apologies to my commenters 28 Sep 2007 I keep forgetting to check the “unpublished” list. If you put a link in, or use certain terms, the spam filters will hold it for approval. I am forgetful, and haven’t checked for a while, so apologies to those whoe comments were held for over a day. 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.