tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post1080078122181745988..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: English Department of the Futureundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-17952010851880324522008-04-14T14:17:00.000-07:002008-04-14T14:17:00.000-07:00Wow! You mean in the future I'll actually make $2...Wow! You mean in the future I'll actually make $2000 for teaching a three hour course as an adjunct! <BR/><BR/>Sadly, yes, I think I will be part of the last generation that can even imagine a tenure track job or academia as a viable career.Musicalbookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716173699792921520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-15336426965252802612008-04-14T09:07:00.000-07:002008-04-14T09:07:00.000-07:00I don't *think* we are at the same place, Dr. Vira...I don't *think* we are at the same place, Dr. Virago, but that's the scary part: these conversations are going on all over.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-38158491519809174562008-04-12T11:26:00.000-07:002008-04-12T11:26:00.000-07:00Er, I have to *say*...is what I meant to say.Er, I have to *say*...is what I meant to say.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-39494122557576604832008-04-12T11:25:00.000-07:002008-04-12T11:25:00.000-07:00I only just saw this and I have to saw: holy crap...I only just saw this and I have to saw: holy crap, Undine, do you work with me at Rust Belt U? Cuz, um, at RBU this is *real* conversation. (Um, I'm not kidding. And we're supposedly classed Research-Intensive!)Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-26131631878387214942008-04-02T22:40:00.000-07:002008-04-02T22:40:00.000-07:00Yes, indeed to the Minion dialogue.Yes, indeed to the Minion dialogue.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-54277991748883089492008-04-02T22:33:00.000-07:002008-04-02T22:33:00.000-07:00More dialogue - I'll watch out for some IRL dialog...More dialogue - I'll watch out for some IRL dialogue to parody. You have captured the discourse so well that at this moment I cannot equal what you've already got.<BR/><BR/>Minion: I understand, accept, and applaud the "fact" that although we offer the PhD we are essentially a service department. I understand that the reason we have graduate students is to produce extra special student credit hours, which increase our funding, and then PhDs, so that the University keeps its Carnegie category.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com