Comments on: How to think about the promotion & tenure process http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/ "A man needn't go far to find a subject, if he's ready with his salt-box."--Uncle Pumblechook Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:23:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: jbj http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/#comment-9839 jbj Thu, 01 May 2008 18:40:06 +0000 http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/#comment-9839 Hi, Horace. Those bullets are in tension a bit. But it seems to me as though there's something lost if the whole thing seems imposed from without. As far as the last one goes, I of course admit that it's a big deal. (After all, I've been crabby for a whole year now about getting denied tenure over "Inadequate achievement in years in rank.") There's still a difference, though, between recognizing it as important and turning it into a soul-destroying monster--which some people do, even before they go up for it. Hi, Horace. Those bullets are in tension a bit. But it seems to me as though there’s something lost if the whole thing seems imposed from without.

As far as the last one goes, I of course admit that it’s a big deal. (After all, I’ve been crabby for a whole year now about getting denied tenure over “Inadequate achievement in years in rank.”) There’s still a difference, though, between recognizing it as important and turning it into a soul-destroying monster–which some people do, even before they go up for it.

]]> By: Horace http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/#comment-9813 Horace Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:34:11 +0000 http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/#comment-9813 Jason, This seems quite sound advice, but I do find it hard to reconcile the first and last bullets (for myself, personally). After all, if this is a consideration of my "work in its entirety" how can I not take its evaluation perosnally, or as a measure of myself as a scholar (an identity crucial to my whole sense of self). These are two very valid pieces of advice, but for me I cannot do the last if I do the first. Whatever happens to my case during the tenure process, I imagine that I will have a very hard time not hanging much of my self-worth on that peg. Jason, This seems quite sound advice, but I do find it hard to reconcile the first and last bullets (for myself, personally). After all, if this is a consideration of my “work in its entirety” how can I not take its evaluation perosnally, or as a measure of myself as a scholar (an identity crucial to my whole sense of self). These are two very valid pieces of advice, but for me I cannot do the last if I do the first. Whatever happens to my case during the tenure process, I imagine that I will have a very hard time not hanging much of my self-worth on that peg.

]]> By: Brian http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/#comment-9744 Brian Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:50:50 +0000 http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/#comment-9744 Great advice as usual, Jason. I'd never thought about the first point before, and that's probably the best recommendation for the whole process that I can think of. Great advice as usual, Jason. I’d never thought about the first point before, and that’s probably the best recommendation for the whole process that I can think of.

]]> By: Knitting Clio http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/#comment-9743 Knitting Clio Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:19:26 +0000 http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2008/04/28/how-to-think-about-the-promotion-tenure-process/#comment-9743 very sound advice, from someone who was on the other side of the table this year. Maybe you should run?! very sound advice, from someone who was on the other side of the table this year. Maybe you should run?!

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