Archive for the ‘Academe’ Category.
September 1, 2010, 6:17 am
The Illinois and California pension systems are featured in this Chronicle article,
AS PENSION COSTS RISE, PUBLIC COLLEGES PAY THE PRICE
Josh Keller
Public colleges tend to offer less in salaries than their private counterparts do. But many of them have had a secret weapon to retain faculty and staff members that private colleges cannot match: generous pensions.
Pensions have narrowed the compensation gap between public and private colleges. They can function as “golden handcuffs,” rewarding workers who stay for decades and keeping them from fleeing to competitors during their most productive years.
Read more at the Chronicle…
August 31, 2010, 6:10 am
Read the Directions
August 31, 2010
By Laurence Musgrove
I’d like to nominate the term “faculty-driven” as a candidate for disinvestment and elimination.
After serving as a director of composition and as the coordinator of a general education program at universities in the Midwest, I am beginning my second year as department head here at a university in West Texas. At our first all-faculty meeting of the year, it was announced that we are on the verge of two major academic initiatives that will require a substantial commitment of institutional time and energy. The first is a program review process, and the second is a quality enhancement project required by our accreditor.
Both of these efforts are necessary and, I suspect, will result in needed improvements. I have faith in the best practices upon which we will model our efforts. I also believe in the goodwill and good intentions of our academic leadership.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed…
