http://writinginthewild.com "nothing natural about it!" Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/01/honest-and-empty/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/01/honest-and-empty/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:16:22 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5279 "There will always be some leaders who choose to manage for the short term ... particularly when they hold the highly liquid equity stakes that the leadership of private-sector institutions sometimes receive as part of their compensation. This isn't a theoretical issue; it has happened." Andrew Rossen, quoted in 'Change.edu' and the Problem With For-Profits by Robert M. Shireman I work in the proprietary sector, and I think that Rossen is correct. You cannot offer huge salaries and bonuses for short=term profitability and expect executives and managers to think long-term. In such a situation, as Shireman rightly points out, "The temptations to do ill are unrelenting." Interestingly, Shireman calls Rosen's ideas both "refreshingly honest" and "empty." It's hard to disagree. What I don't...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/01/honest-and-empty/feed/ 0 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/31/our-working-conditions-are-students-learning-conditions/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/31/our-working-conditions-are-students-learning-conditions/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:25:30 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5270 UI senate unanimous in criticism of Hogan"). That's bourgeois professor speak for "systemic corruption."  As an anecdote for cynicism, then, I try to do some reading about positive things, trends that seem to be moving education in a good direction.  I liked "The Time is Now: Report from the New Faculty Majority Summit" for...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/01/31/our-working-conditions-are-students-learning-conditions/feed/ 0