Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Tuesday, May 10, 2011

An American situation


that mirrors the situation in Canada well.

Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education

It's great for personal fulfillment and development, but you'd better have a good way to pay off all the student loans at the end of your struggle, because a tenured faculty position isn't very likely...


3 comments:

Joel A. Shaver said...

Yep. And I wish I'd done my research before I got into research. But I pray there's a place for me!

James said...

And I'll pray for that for you too, Joel. We have a really good friend who is a marvelous teacher, skilled, personable, capable - and she's been a sessional lecturer for decades. It's just not right.

Joel A. Shaver said...

Thanks!