tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post115402813939372972..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Married to the (University) Mobundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-1154139514980426432006-07-28T19:18:00.000-07:002006-07-28T19:18:00.000-07:00Lisa, I always hope they'll say thanks as well as ...Lisa, I always hope they'll say thanks as well as pay, and a lot of times they do. When they start substituting thanks for pay--then I worry.<BR/><BR/>Susan, I think you described the ideal beautifully: having the faculty tending their own interests benefits the institution's needs and vice versa. Your department's lucky to have someone who sees both sides of this.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-1154135532358839472006-07-28T18:12:00.000-07:002006-07-28T18:12:00.000-07:00Maybe I'm naive (she said, 3 days before becoming ...Maybe I'm naive (she said, 3 days before becoming department chair), but I am hoping to try to nudge the culture in my own department toward one that believes that faculty who are tending their own interests (professionally and personally) are also tending the institution's needs, and that the institution's needs can be a good force in shaping professional work. Some kind of work is better done on some campuses than others. But you're right, the institution isn't going to be looking out for individuals--we need to do that for ourselves.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-1154047952296178392006-07-27T17:52:00.000-07:002006-07-27T17:52:00.000-07:00I think you are right about this. My department i...I think you are right about this. My department is very good about trying to foster a family atmosphere, but my chair does a good job of understanding that it's an institution. Institutions don't say thanks. They pay.Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124246378936489539noreply@blogger.com