This (utterly depressing) academic job ad is, to me, the worst example yet of the trend toward recasting professors and teachers as "service providers" overseen by better-paid administrators. Featuring requirements like "Bring the course of study to life with engaging live webinars or relevant recorded webinars that enhance expected competencies" and the demand that the "course mentor" pays for their own conference travel and academic journal subscriptions, and responds to all emails from students within 4 hours, as well as an injunction to "Communicate with positive regard, respect, and solution- focus with members of other departments."
I can't get behind the bashing of all academic administrators, but whoever wrote this job ad strikes me as a pretty good example of what is going wrong in university administration right now.
This (utterly depressing) academic job ad is, to me, the worst example yet of the trend toward recasting professors and teachers as "service providers" overseen by better-paid administrators. Featuring requirements like "Bring the course of study to life with engaging live webinars or relevant recorded webinars that enhance expected competencies" and the demand that the "course mentor" pays for their own conference travel and academic journal subscriptions, and responds to all emails from students within 4 hours, as well as an injunction to "Communicate with positive regard, respect, and solution- focus with members of other departments."
I can't get behind the bashing of all academic administrators, but whoever wrote this job ad strikes me as a pretty good example of what is going wrong in university administration right now.