March 2, 2009

A Scholarly Book and a 4/4 Teaching Load

By JONATHAN MALESIC

Here's how a heavy schedule affected one assistant professor's desire to write

Before I formally accepted the job offer at the liberal-arts college where I now work, I spoke with a top administrator about tenure expectations. He had said that in addition to good teaching and service, the college would expect "a pattern of continuing professional development." On the telephone, I pressed him for specifics.

That pattern, he said, certainly could include peer-reviewed articles, but

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