[SUBuddha]

[quote author=TreesAndBirds link=topic=14252.msg155644#msg155644 date=1454620750]
In case you wanted more stories about the proposed Iowa legislation to cut ties with Stanford until we apologize....

http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/news/po.../79783788/

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/02/04...mance.html

The politician, Mark Chelgren, was born in Ross, CA.  Clearly he's a closet 59er...oh wait, he graduated from UC-Riverside.  I'd be interested in Buddha's comments on a bill he introduced to limit college professor tenure.  End of this page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Chelgren
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Mick-

I am reticent to address this, but that has never stopped me before. Given my current position, I have to deal with both sides of the aisle on the tenure issue (I am not tenured nor have I ever sought a tenure position, doesn't fit my career path). I will say this, the dimwit from Iowa did have a point on one thing in his education reform bill. I firmly believe that any faculty member in a position below provost level should have to teach at least 1 UG or Grad level course per term, the caveat being if they have enough research dollars to buy out.

I, personally, liked the system in Australia when I taught there. Lecturer's and researchers each had a path to career longevity. People on either track could cross-over but were not required to as part of advancement. Let's be honest, some researchers are great teachers, some amazing teachers are also great researchers, but if you are an amazing researcher should you have to teach? Not in my opinion. However, if you are a great teacher, at most universities here, you still have to conduct research to advance, this hurts the teaching side.

One of the major drawbacks to my current position is I only get to teach 3 courses per year (down from my peak of 12 per year) I love the classroom. On the flip side, I spend a  fair amount of my time now designing ways to improve teaching and "coaching up" faculty that are poor teachers and low on grant money to improve their students learning environments.

[SUBuddha]

[quote author=TreesAndBirds link=topic=14252.msg155644#msg155644 date=1454620750]
In case you wanted more stories about the proposed Iowa legislation to cut ties with Stanford until we apologize....

http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/news/po.../79783788/

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/02/04...mance.html

The politician, Mark Chelgren, was born in Ross, CA.  Clearly he's a closet 59er...oh wait, he graduated from UC-Riverside.  I'd be interested in Buddha's comments on a bill he introduced to limit college professor tenure.  End of this page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Chelgren
[/quote]

Mick-

I am reticent to address this, but that has never stopped me before. Given my current position, I have to deal with both sides of the aisle on the tenure issue (I am not tenured nor have I ever sought a tenure position, doesn't fit my career path). I will say this, the dimwit from Iowa did have a point on one thing in his education reform bill. I firmly believe that any faculty member in a position below provost level should have to teach at least 1 UG or Grad level course per term, the caveat being if they have enough research dollars to buy out.

I, personally, liked the system in Australia when I taught there. Lecturer's and researchers each had a path to career longevity. People on either track could cross-over but were not required to as part of advancement. Let's be honest, some researchers are great teachers, some amazing teachers are also great researchers, but if you are an amazing researcher should you have to teach? Not in my opinion. However, if you are a great teacher, at most universities here, you still have to conduct research to advance, this hurts the teaching side.

One of the major drawbacks to my current position is I only get to teach 3 courses per year (down from my peak of 12 per year) I love the classroom. On the flip side, I spend a  fair amount of my time now designing ways to improve teaching and "coaching up" faculty that are poor teachers and low on grant money to improve their students learning environments.