TENURE
Continued from Pago 1A
late for teachers who fool they have been
wronged by the process.
If a faculty member believes the decision
in a tenure or promotion casts was flawed by
"improper procedure, illegal discrimination,
arbitrariness or capriciousness." he or she
mav file a complaint, according to the Fac
ulty Handbook
Other professors were are unhappy with
the process have left the University, telling
colleagues they didn't have time to do
research and still teach effectively
But not all University professors feel the
expectations of research from them nre too
great. Wayne Wanta. an assistant professor in
the journalism school, disagrees with pro
fessors who soy they don’t have enough time
to do research published and yet still leach
effectively.
"1 don't see any reason why you can't he
an effective teacher and yet also do quality
research." he said. "1 think there's this notion
that if you devote your energies toward one.
the other will suffer.
“I think that you should be good at both,
and you can lw* good at both." he said
To balance his duties, Wanta schedules
class exams before deadlines for research pro
jects, among other things.
Larry Singell, an assistant professor of eco
nomics who has completed a research paper
on the way faculty spend their time, agreed
ill
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with other professors that research does pla\
a mnjor role in getting tenure
Singell found that research and tear hing
are complementary Doing research stimu
lates a professor's interest in and furthers his
or her knowledge in that field, which
improves the quality of teaching, he said.
Teachers who spend time researching also
are more committed to their universities, and
are less likely to "bum out” at the end of their
careers than those who devote all of their time
to teaching, he found
For professors at the beginning of their
teaching earners. |iist learning how to leach
effectively i an he a full-time job Wheeler,
who is beginning his third year in his first
teaching job. initially had to put research
aside in order to develop lesson plans,
rehearse lectures and acquire teaching mate
rials.
Now that Wheeler has a hit of teaching
experience, he is able to devote more time to
his research interests
Although Wheeler says the benefits of
teaching and research overlap, other profes
sors convoy to him that it's the research that
prevails in the tenure process.
'Tin told — ami I don't think anyone dis
putes this — that g<Kxi teaching is not enough
under this system.” Wheeler said 'I don’t
know of anyone who's saving that teaching
is more important than research in the tenure
pres ess I don't hear anyone saving. As long
ns your teaching is good, tenure looks
assured."
"Thuv’re saving, '(ait that rescan h down,
and don't count on teaching suet css to get
vou through ' You really have to do both." he
said.
That pressure is prevalent, said Singell.
whose research prog* t will go into his tenure
Tile
"Obviously, there's pressure." Singell said
"But. 11 .line here with mv eves open I knew
the environment I was getting into, and I
knew that there was going to I hi pressure to
publish That was what I wanted to do
It is definitely the case that research is
heavily emphasized in the tenure case, and
in certain departments, it's probably the most
important factor in terms of getting tenure."
Singell said 'Whether it is emphasized too
mui h. I don't know I don't know what the
optimal amount is "
A lot of professors muv not know w hat the
optimal amount is Ai cording to the vague
guidelines in the Fat ulty Handbook, puhli
i atoms are to lie of "significance and quali
ty." and the record that faculty memlrers are
expected to develop is one of "excellence
in teaching, research or artiste performam e
and professional serve e "
Determining what that "re< ord of excel
lence" entails, and what an optimal amount
of research is. will be a point that the com
mission must try to resolve
"I don't think that most |>eople would argue
with the point that rescan li is important."
Wheeler said "But where do vou draw that
line?"
DORMS
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ey you gel paid. Where else can
a 20- or 21-year-old person find
the kind of experience von get in
this job?"
What exactly does an RA do?
The answers vary, but most
responsibilities center on help
ing to provide a stable, secure
environment in which to live and
learn.
Job duties include duty-night
rounds throughout the dorm
complex once a week and two
weekends a term, mediation of
conflicts Ix'twoen residents, some
counseling, some advising, some
nitivits planning and much
more.
Hoffman has lus own defini
tion, which gives you a hint of
his priorities.
"The most important thing we
do is facilitate the growth of the
residence hall community." he
said "That means different
things to different people. It nun
mean stability, it may mean
leadership opportunities, it may
mean social opportunities."
For this reason, Hoffman has
been particularly effective in
facilitating the government of
each dorm he has worked in
Last year, as the RA of Thorn
ton Hall Hoffman and his resi
dents organized a total of 67
programs and activities
Some were fair I v tame and
traditional, like the occasional
weekend movie marathons
Some bordered on the ridicu
lous. such ns the dryer derby in
which residents held a contest
to see who could stay in a
turned-on laundry dryer the
longest.
But several of those residents
will always remember coining
home from spring break to find
their rooms had been rigged
with elaborate practical jokes
Hoffman spent that spring break
filling up one room from floor to
ceiling with crumpled newspa
per. completely barring the door
to another and rigging yet anoth
er so that the stereo blasted
Metallica once the door was
opened
"To me, a clever and well
crofted practical joke is a great
compliment There were a lot of
honor codes that sprung up dur
ing that period, and everyone
observed the rules No one got
hurt, nothing was destroyed and
everyone helped to clean up
when it was over,"he said
Hoffman would like to believe
that sin h activities art' possible
in nnv dorm, tint said that hav
ing a substance free dorm made
a difference "If people have
i liositn to he in a substance-free
hall, you wind up with a fairly
uni((ui' mix of (Mioplt*." Hoffman
said.
"Another thing RAs must
manage is tlieir time
"It takes a lot of energy to do
this |oh It s not for the room and
fxiard. and I feel sorry lor people
who look at it th.it way They
don't take as much of the expe
rience away with them as they
should 1 think the residence
halls are the most convenient
lifestyle you could have at col
lege. and once in a while, you
get to really help someone I find
that rewarding."
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