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[pylduck]

From a job application announcement:

Successful applicants will teach the equivalent of seven courses a year (21 hours), provide service to the college and department, profess commitment to teaching a culturally diverse student population in an urban environment, and have a personal program of research and publication.

They're totally kidding, right? SEVEN courses a year PLUS research and publication?

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Re: ugh

[slanderous.livejournal.com]

Is this a private college, a public or state university, or a research I? I think that makes a difference. Some private colleges want an emphasis on teaching, with an article or two on the side, for your tenure.

Man, I just want to be recruited too!

Re: ugh

[pylduck.livejournal.com]

It's a smaller college that's part of a larger city-wide (New York) university system. I guess I do just have to keep in mind that research means different things to different schools. And also, many of these schools with heavy teaching loads AND research expectations are probably trying to pull the "better" job candidates (a way of thinking about humanities scholars that I hate, often an emphasis on pedigree) even though they know they can't compete with Research I schools and the like.