tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post1323632835011976307..comments2024-03-09T03:20:20.004-05:00Comments on Tenured Radical: Give Me A T For Texas: Tuesday Tenure ReportTenured Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-65974817046812212512012-03-06T09:03:40.602-05:002012-03-06T09:03:40.602-05:00That's really massive exposure post and I must...That's really massive exposure post and I must admire you in this regard.<br /><a href="http://www.ebrandster.com" title="Internet Marketing Agency" rel="nofollow">Internet Marketing Agency</a>Fabian Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594010049394007844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-18354588821191478662011-04-17T07:10:26.168-05:002011-04-17T07:10:26.168-05:00I was on a reappointment committee for a young col...I was on a reappointment committee for a young colleague and the oldest member of the committee kept saying we should complain that he is teaching in way that focuses not just on our field but also on a related field. I had to keep saying, louder and louder and in words of fewer and fewer syllables, that his dissertation, c.v, and even our ad showed that we should have expected that, and that if we put a complaint about that in the report I would write a separate report so that I would not be included in the future lawsuit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-90741936416963253152011-04-13T12:40:32.262-05:002011-04-13T12:40:32.262-05:00TR, it is so eerie that you posted a Jimmie Rodger...TR, it is <i>so eerie</i> that you posted a Jimmie Rodgers song. I just did the same thing over at my blog, before I even saw your post. Freaky stuff.Dr. Kosharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777054788430587906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-36275076069474596672011-04-13T10:16:13.606-05:002011-04-13T10:16:13.606-05:00I am also a clandestine fan of Wikipedia, which is...I am also a clandestine fan of Wikipedia, which is far more reliable and informative than most of my colleagues will admit. I have on several occasions had students edit Wikipedia pages for my courses, and I agree with Shane Landrum that they come to understand it a lot more as a result. Moreover, there is a certain thrill for them to write for a "real" audience (i.e., not the fictive audience of the professor), and they take this responsibility very seriously. On the downside, Wikipedia insists on two things that make for a less than critically engaged project for students: no original research can be presented, and the material must echo a consensus in the field. Great for an encyclopedia (which is it is reliable and informative enough that I like using it!), but I ultimately abandoned the assignment because it did not really allow for the crafting of an argument and the use of primary-source evidence. For the same reasons, Wikipedia should play no more of a role in tenure than book reviews.West Coast Medievalistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-66216584316603241502011-04-12T19:17:04.215-05:002011-04-12T19:17:04.215-05:00Based on the good reasons for tenure at the Univer...Based on the good reasons for tenure at the University level, it does seem to me however that tenure at the grade and high school level is, er, kind of laughable and in practice seems in some cases to be a bad thing for the education of the young and pockets of the tax paying public.<br /><br />The Lynyrd Skynyrd rocked my world. Good luck with the line by line-ing!Dorothy Potter Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437027506822572629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-15803448942707962292011-04-12T11:18:01.870-05:002011-04-12T11:18:01.870-05:00the president of our college keeps running around ...the president of our college keeps running around claiming younger faculty are no longer interested in tenure. I suppose she believes if she repeats it often enough, it might come true even at TTLAC, where the benefits of tenure are at best meagre. Perhaps I should refer her to students for insights into the value of the system.feMOMhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192104351023271207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-51840720844954424052011-04-12T10:31:07.982-05:002011-04-12T10:31:07.982-05:00One caveat: I love Wikipedia, but it isn't a ...<i>One caveat: I love Wikipedia, but it isn't a journal. Adjust your vita accordingly.</i><br /><br />More importantly, one's intellectual contributions to Wikipedia are not peer-reviewed in a manner whose outcome can be perceived by a promotion/tenure committee. Accordingly, to the extent that promotion/tenure hinges on one's stature in a field as reflected in peer-reviewed contributions, activities like posting to Wikipedia are worthless to promotion/tenure committees.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-1486321452680811552011-04-12T09:50:44.829-05:002011-04-12T09:50:44.829-05:00Readers who are curious about trying Michel Aaij&#...Readers who are curious about trying <a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/04/06/tenure-awarded-based-in-part-on-wikipedia-contributions/" rel="nofollow">Michel Aaij's strategy</a> at home might want to know about <a href="http://cliotropic.org/blog/2011/02/introducing-wikiproject-womens-history/" rel="nofollow">this project to bring more women's history to Wikipedia</a>. I started it earlier this semester but haven't had a lot of time to put into it, and it would be great to see more professional scholars getting involved. (Project coordination or other forms of editorial wrangling could go under "Professional Service," something that's not been mentioned in the coverage of Michel Aaij's tenure case.)<br /><br />If you're not ready to try adding a Wikipedia entry to your CV, we've also created a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cliotropic/WPWH_for_Educators" rel="nofollow">WikiProject Women's History for Educators</a> page which explains the how and why of assigning Wikipedia-entry writing in your courses. Students understand a lot more about Wikipedia once they've had to fact-check, expand, or create an article on their own.Shane Landrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09431323570161284017noreply@blogger.com