tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post8426988561047827406..comments2023-06-02T04:54:07.811-04:00Comments on After Academe: We Are All Waldorecent Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01076749808434578362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post-72957636722133169652011-04-20T20:40:20.531-04:002011-04-20T20:40:20.531-04:00Anybody who reads the Chronicle of Higher Educatio...Anybody who reads the Chronicle of Higher Education often enough should know what an adjunct is. From my perspective, as a TT, what I found more disturbing is the naive idea that " [a] reason to establish a presence is that this is an opportunity for you to actually do your work in a community of scholars, and to wean yourself from your primary identification with your graduate school". If there is one place that is hierarchical is academia. I am a TT professor and quite a few Associate and Full professors in my institution barely pay attention or listen to me because of that. To believe that they would be inclusive of instructors or even VAP is an idea of a university as some sort of intellectual utopia. Truly an Ivory Tower.Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post-4505050122357341572011-04-20T15:11:01.286-04:002011-04-20T15:11:01.286-04:00I just can't even believe she was that out of ...I just can't even believe she was that out of touch. I usually like her blog a lot, but how do you call yourself "radical" and not know this? It was good that you brought up the definition issue -- I think that helped clarify things for a lot of people. And I cannot believe that she initially wanted to argue with you!<br /><br />The whole kerfluffle really illustrates how much ignorance on the part of tt faculty is an obstacle to reform. There are some who pay attention to what's going on in their departments (like you) but others that just don't have a clue who a great many of their colleagues are -- ignorance which, as someone else at TR's pointed out, preserves the illusion of a meritocracy.recent Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01076749808434578362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706934951863679787.post-85704724666225366002011-04-20T08:42:43.665-04:002011-04-20T08:42:43.665-04:00Have you seen the comments on TR's last post? ...Have you seen the comments on TR's last post? She really doesn't know what an "adjunct" means. Which I found even more depressing.Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.com