Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 10:23:05 +0100
From: Willard McCarty <Willard.McCarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: tenure, technology
A colleague in Japan sent me the following, with the request that should I
decide to circulate his remarks I not mention his name or university. Thus
the censored bits.
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I'm not yet a subscriber to the Humanist Discussion Group (though perhaps I
should be); a friend who is a subscriber forwarded to me a message about
"Tenure, Technology, and Scolarly [sic] Futures".
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Hope Greenberg wonders:
>how creation and use of technological resources is reflected in
>university policy related to promotion and tenure.
The very simple answer is that, to the best of my knowledge, it's not
reflected at all.
>Comments from those who wish their university would address this issue
>are also welcome!
I have yet to be convinced that it is an issue.
Self-evidently, I use the kind of "technological resources" that I imagine
are of interest to you. On balance, I'd prefer it if my colleagues did
too. However, I'm much more concerned about their knowledge, and pedagogic
enthusiasm and ability--whatever the "information" channels they care to use.
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WM
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