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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Larry Burns Now Faculty Member, too?





This is posted at http://www.utoledo.edu/campus/administration/burns/index.html

10 comments:

UT Grad said...

I look his PR course when I was a student. It wasn't too bad.

Anonymous said...

But he is no faculty member.

Anonymous said...

Adjuncts don't count as faculty? Or is faculty membership more a state of mind. :)

Silly said...

He probably teaches about as often as most tenured faculty. Grad students are more faculty than most faculty around here...

Anonymous said...

As an administrator at another institution and UT alum, this fellow is the sort of self-important and self-promoting administrator that creates the perception that all administrators are inherently self-serving. Indeed, I find the "video blog" exceptionally offensive albeit unintentionally insightful with respect to the current UT leadership.

Anonymous said...

I do understand that the goal is to make fun of the administration, but as an adjunct struggling for respect and recognition every day from the administration, I would appreciate it if the teaching I do might earn me the faculty title as well.

Perhaps there is another way to needle the admin while still maintaining a respect for adjuncts that I believe most tenured/tenure-track faculty do feel.

Anonymous said...

It is a misrepresentation, pure and simple, and comments here have nothing to do with respect for adjuncts. He is not a faculty member.

Anonymous said...

I teach a course here and there every now and then. Can I refer to myself as UT faculty on my resume and in casual conversation?

Anonymous said...

To anonymous 3:05:

I have been in a similar position to you, although now, years later, I am tenured.

What I did was refer to myself as "adjunct faculty" or similar constructions, e.g., I teach course at U of X as an adjunct. As long as you are clear, I think this is good for the resume, etc.It shows depth and expertise. But saying one is "a faculty member" is a very different thing. It's the sort of exaggeration that makes interviewers and resume readers suspicious. In any case it is misleading and self aggrandizing.

Anonymous said...

Poster boy for having many titles and qualifications for none. Sucking-up and snitching make him valuable to the administrative team at UT.