<p>And in my State, all power to the faculty who are tied in knots by an administration which seems increasingly devoted to an “edifice complex” (gorgeous dorms and amenities) and top notch/award winning sports teams at the expense of reinvesting in instruction and undergrad education. I don’t blame the faculty at all- they are not the people who decide that a bond issue is “worth it” to build a new basketball stadium whereas the engineering labs are “fine just the way they are”; despite the fact that the game of basketball hasn’t changed meaningfully in 50 years whereas nano; biotech; cutting edge composite materials science, etc. didn’t even exist 50 years ago.</p>
<p>And you’re blaming the faculty for not wanting their kids to be in an environment where undergrad education is last in line for funding??? And when a tenured professor dies or retires, he or she is replaced by three adjuncts who each get paid for precisely 12 hours a week, no office space to meet with students, and then have to race between three different colleges to carve out a barely full time job?</p>
<p>please.</p>