Where Did I Put My 'Foucault'?
The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
From the issue dated June 6, 2008
There's much to remember when aging comes to the professoriate
By LENNARD J. DAVIS
This morning I ran 20 miles in preparation for a marathon. This will be my 15th marathon since I started running in my 30s, and I'm still loping along in my late 50s. My best time was close to three hours, which I set in my younger days, but now I'm expecting to do something closer to four. In fact, a Web site that predicts finishing times based on past performance showed me finishing this year in three hours, 48 minutes — exactly my time when I ran last year.
Handouts from the retreat.
MOVING UP
FROM THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATIONBy DENNIS M. BARDEN
"Are there any internal candidates?"
Ack, how I hate that question.
As an educational search consultant, when I call potential candidates to gauge their interest in a new position, that question is generally one of the first they ask. It is, at once, both exquisitely simple -- either there are or there aren't -- and maddeningly complex to put into perspective. The question has so many nuances:
From Tomorrow’s Professor
"It is a full orientation session. It pays off. They don't remember everything, but it gives them a chance to ask questions and raise issues and to get a feel for the fact that they're going to be supported by their colleagues, their chair, and other personnel."
Communicate Expectations for Performance
From The Chronicle
By ANDREW KEMP, SAMARA MADRID, and JOSEPH FLYNN
Andrew Kemp: The day I started 10th grade, back in 1984, I remember feeling on top of the world. I had just finished three years of junior high, I was past puberty (well, most of it); finally, I was a high-school student. And then ...
Tales of Western Adventure
By PATRICIA NELSON LIMERICK
I am sitting at a desk behind a nameplate that identifies me as "Dr. Patricia Limerick, Marriage Counselor." I am looking earnestly into a camera lens, and from time to time, an attentive person darts in to restore my makeup or tame my hair.
A primer for new professors on what to expect in the first year on the job
By JULIE MILLER VICK and JENNIFER S. FURLONG
It helps to be a skilled multitasker when you are starting out in a new faculty position. There is so much to learn about your new job, department, institution, and town.
While much of what you need to know can't be learned until you actually begin work, you can start thinking ahead — about the best way to balance work with your personal life, about teaching, and about the many expectations your new department may have for you in the fall.
