Are Cutbacks In Faculty A Reality?

meganvirg
Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:44:44 +0000

It is interesting to read Smith’s Catalog and realize that in the History Department there are 5 full Professors, Two were absent the entire 2005-6 year and two others absent the Fall semester 2005. Three Associate Profs, one absent the Fall semester 2005 and three Assistant Professors, two absent the Fall Semester 2005 and one absent the Spring Semester 2006.

So of the eleven Professors, only 3 were available the entire year!

Were I enrolled as a History Major/minor, I wonder if I would have any of these tenured Professors in a class the entire year. As a potential student, I imagine it would be hard to get a grip on this segment of the school with so many Professors elsewhere during 2005-6.

As a parent, I wonder at the ‘planning’ being done and the ‘managing’ of the department with 8 of 11 off campus for at least a semester during the school year. In the Fall semester 2005, 7 of the tenured faculty were absent.