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--- Forwarded Message from "Jean-Jacques d'Aquin" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:08:33 -0600 (Central Standard Time) >From: "Jean-Jacques d'Aquin" <[log in to unmask]> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #5944 What's In A Name? >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: University of South Alabama The name may have some importance in certain institutional hierarchies, but here, as in most institutions (I suspect), it is the written job description that counts; the rest is gilding ... I am leaving the University of South Alabama after thirteen "one-year-renewable" contracts for several reasons, not the least being the horrible way that education at all levels is being serviced by the governing bodies, state and local. Among others: -although I am, by job description, supposed to get 1/3 release time from teaching, in recent years I have never had more that a 1/4; -after an executive report summarizing what I learned about how institutions handled their "learning center" (data gathered during the Univ. of Maryland conference and field-trip), I was given the task of raising the funds for a complete lab overhaul, deciding which software to purchase and developing learning delivery programs for the various faculty members (who weren't interested enough to even preview software on their own); -I pointed out that none of the above activities were part of my job description and that I certainly was not going to get involved in grant writing unless the job description was rewritten, and suitable compensation and incentives were negotiated; as for software choices and faculty training, I would be glad to develop a training program for those interested, AFTER such software had been selected by the various section heads and a report written stating why the program was appropriate for our department; -an ad-hoc committee was formed (resentfully) involving all departmental faculty, to develop a grant proposal; it met once, after which each individual faculty member backed out stating lack of "time, and institutional support toward promotion and tenure"; -seven months later not a single software program has been examined by any faculty member and proposed for adoption, the grant writing committee exists in name only, the management of the lab job description has not changed, but expectations still exist for me to do it all, and still teach my three classes and manage the Less-Commonly Taught Languages program. Let them find another scapegoat - what is in the "name" now is: "Ah'm outta'ere!" as soon as I find something decent. Jean-Jacques d'Aquin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of French and Spanish Language Lab Director; NASILP Coordinator University of South Alabama, HUMB-322, Mobile, AL 36688 VOX 334-460-6291 FAX 334-460-7123 [log in to unmask]