tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274849647524601103.post3313870386366813149..comments2024-01-09T03:06:16.501-06:00Comments on The Good Enough Professor: The Noncontingent Labor CrisisKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07114727221915528878noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274849647524601103.post-75057383323238586182014-06-10T21:53:29.677-05:002014-06-10T21:53:29.677-05:00I like the idea of counting contact hours. To get...I like the idea of counting contact hours. To get some truly comparable statistics, one would also need to distinguish between graduate and undergraduate classes (possibly tricky, since in some cases there is some crossover between advanced undergrad and M.A.-level classes, though there are often different course numbers and requirements, even though the same professor is teaching the same group of students). Focusing on undergrad alone would knock out some tenured professors entirely. I'd also argue for separating out the lower-level/intro/core classes -- the ones taken primarily by freshman and sophomores, and/or by upperclasspeople fulfillling distribution requirements -- and the advanced courses/courses in the major. Among other things, those numbers would highlight whether it's worthwhile to start one's college career at a university, or whether it would make more sense to start at the local community college (and quite possibly be taught by exactly the same people at lower cost). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com