tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post4174898957874925429..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: What New Faculty Need . . .Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-59467263588592356032012-06-17T12:49:49.382-08:002012-06-17T12:49:49.382-08:00Matt, thanks for the tip. I've read the link ...Matt, thanks for the tip. I've read the link and the issue of bloated university administration has been around for a while and it surely will come up in our discussions.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-81142545749697611762012-06-17T04:49:33.483-08:002012-06-17T04:49:33.483-08:00I'd add one more good to the reading list: T...I'd add one more good to the reading list: The fall of the Faculty by Benjamin Ginsberg http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/07/14/new_book_argues_bloated_administration_is_what_ails_higher_educationMatt Heavnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08438311750692478555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-6888439728549018902012-06-15T11:34:48.790-08:002012-06-15T11:34:48.790-08:00Authentic. Yes. They are probably also the people ...Authentic. Yes. They are probably also the people with appropriate ego sizes -- so much can be accomplished when your "I" gets out of the way. It's why I love fans -- so matter how arcane the subject. You walk into a room of model train enthusiasts or orchid fanciers and the very air seems different.Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-83303679624414914962012-06-15T10:29:22.724-08:002012-06-15T10:29:22.724-08:00Yes, good question, one that I've been working...Yes, good question, one that I've been working on as I try to identify the criteria for selecting this year's group. In the past, I was looking for - at the time it was unarticulated instinct - people who clearly were driven by the unanswered questions in their fields. Authentic folks who weren't wearing a facade they thought appropriate to academia.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-68310334998598577142012-06-15T04:39:47.944-08:002012-06-15T04:39:47.944-08:00You wrote, "I used to go to the new faculty r...You wrote, "I used to go to the new faculty reception and look for the most interesting new scholars and get a small group together at lunch."<br /><br />Lucky new professors. Just how did you know they were interesting? And did your first impressions bear out their chosen-ness?Barbara Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05463074148195784152noreply@blogger.com