March 16, 2001

Senior Professors, Too, Sometimes Need a Helping Hand

By KATE SANDBERG

I am getting old. I find myself missing colleagues who retire faster than I can turn around, and my department keeps hiring new faculty members who are half my age and have twice the energy. My knees creak when I get up from my office chair, and I secretly ignore institutional issues that have recirculated at least three times during my career. Yet I still love to teach, enjoy professional conferences, care deeply about my institution, and wouldn't have minded being part of several recent

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