The college I went to expected faculty to be serious about their research and it was an exciting and dynamic place to be and to learn. From my point of view as a faculty member I’m a artist and I teach. If I am not regularly retuning to the studio, that place of “not knowing”, that place of creating original visual communication on a regular basis andputting it up for all to see and judge then I don’t reserve the privilege nor am I up to the responsibility of teaching at a college. Art, as are many disciplines, is a practice.

Rhea Nowak
Assistant Professor of Art
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
(607) 436-2827

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Subject: Re: A cautionary note to young faculty

A one question multiple-choice test for SUNY students and the parents who (mostly) pay to send them there.

1.  A teacher at SUNY is being considered for tenure.  Which of the following should be given the least weight in this decision.

a.  The quality and effectiveness of teaching
b.  The quality and effectiveness of advising and mentoring of students
c.  Publication of six to eight articles on early Christian, Byzantine and medieval art in prestigious, peer-reviewed journals



I know how I would have answered as a parent whose children graduated from SUNY-Geneseo and SUNY-New Paltz.  And its the same answer I would have given as a faculty member at SUNY-Oneonta.



Steve.

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Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/03/23/louisville-lawsuit-raises-concerns-familiar-those-tenure-track#ixzz1pwnhOWm2
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   Professor Emeritus of Psychology
      State University of New York, College at Oneonta
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Subject: A cautionary note to young faculty

I suspect that this is unusual only in that the woman involved is going to court to sue the college.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/03/23/louisville-lawsuit-raises-concerns-familiar-those-tenure-track

This is must reading for young faculty.

Harry


Harry E. Pence
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
SUNY Oneonta