tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22571319.post116074697597398410..comments2023-06-18T10:03:39.982-05:00Comments on Gregorian Rants: "The Poor Little Me" Get's Old - more in the lazy professor series.PeterGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13362919400474969329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22571319.post-1161396105444838352006-10-20T21:01:00.000-05:002006-10-20T21:01:00.000-05:00Do you really believe that professors have the pow...Do you really believe that professors have the power to change ANYTHING about SIUC? <BR/><BR/>We can teach our classes better and can do better research. If we get over internal bickering, we can agree on goals for our departments and make them better. We can just plain work harder. <BR/><BR/>Those things would go a long way to fixing SIUC, but I don’t think professors' activities will convince Walter Wendler that deferred maintenance and improved classroom spaces are more important than Saluki Way. I don't think professors can create a single, overarching message about what the university is about—at least not without administration leadership. <BR/><BR/>I agree that faculty can do a lot, but we can't do everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22571319.post-1160804341957879002006-10-14T00:39:00.000-05:002006-10-14T00:39:00.000-05:00Well, I think professors would work harder IF they...Well, I think professors would work harder IF they had something they could believe in as far as the institution goes. I went back and looked at these issues a little further b/c of your challenge. Basically, I have to state that I think you're right on with the JRB as far as the issue of the administration following the JRB rulings. After more research, it blows my mind that the Chancellor would go against a 3-0 ruling with the administrative representative concurring with the JRB, then admit that he studied the issue less than the JRB. Doh! I was really under the impression that rigor was being used, but if it wasn't, that falls way short of my standard. <BR/><BR/>If I would have known that, I wouldn't have even played Devil's Advocate on this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com