Dr. Warren G. Guntheroth MD passed away Monday, September 17 after suffering a heart attack at his office at University Hospital. Warren was an example of UW’s great tradition of patient care .. one of the pioneers in prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). He was also a courageous [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tenure’
The Washington Post: U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there
The Canary in the Mine: a frightening insight into the US Economic future. Based in part on Washington Post article, “U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there“ Here in Washington state, Ed Lazowska , the Bill and Melinda Gates Professor of Comp Sci at UW, is a very fo[...]
May 21st, 2012 - 10:58 am § in Schools & Colleges
How to Fire Professors
from Inside Higher Education: On July 19, 2009, Edward T. Larkin, a professor of German at the University of New Hampshire, drove his motorcycle down Route 101 to the Market Basket in Milford. He pulled into the parking lot behind a car in which a 17-year-old girl was driving her mother. Larkin park[...]
Will Congress Cut Salaries For UW School of Medicine Faculty?
The Scientist reports that the House draft of a budget for the NIH would cut the maximun salary for a Principal Investigator (PI) by 17%, from $199,700 to $165,300. This cut would have its most obvious effect on federal support for MD scientists. Because salaries for MDs are much higher t[...]
October 13th, 2011 - 9:31 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Tenure
Florida Governor Rick Scott Takes Aim at Tenure Lisa Roney from Academe Blog I am a tenured associate professor at one of the largest (though, let me emphasize, not one of the highest ranked) public universities in the U.S. How can I explain why it is that this often makes me want to cry? Don’t[...]
August 26th, 2011 - 11:58 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
How the UW deals with “diversity”
Racial discrimination in our institution is covered by a thick layer of symbols, declarations, and committees that despite our discourse keep the skeletons in a tightly locked closet. In 2000, with the change of chair in my dept –and dean of our engineering college—after more than 25 years of [...]
Release of Faculty-Productivity Data Roils U. of Texas
from the Chronicle of Higher Education. How much professors in the University of Texas system earn and how many courses and students they teach were parts of a vast data file that system officials compiled at the request of a newly formed task force on productivity and excellence and released public[...]
April 19th, 2011 - 12:14 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Is Higher Education a “Bubble?”
from The Center for College Affordability and Productivity on April 6th, 2011, by Richard Vedder Higher education is in a bubble situation-its price has risen sharply, fueled by cheap federal loan and grant money (sound familiar?) while the return on the investment has fallen. More and more college [...]
April 13th, 2011 - 10:16 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Higher Education Group at Seattle MoveON
Starting after the Civil War, step by step America created a university system, including private and public colleges, that offered unheard of opportunities for an upwardly mobile America. The words are still thrilling .. GI Bill, Land Grant Universities, Pell Grants, National Merit Awards[...]
April 7th, 2011 - 9:15 am § in Schools & Colleges
Of the 50 highest compensated faculty members, only five appeared to be in the black and earning their keep. The rest were crimson.
Ed. This story is important for two reasons. First, Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense, is also a former President of Texas A&M and rumored to be a candidate for the job of UW President. Second, in my experience, salaries at universities are low if we compare them with comparable salaries [...]