November 14, 2003

The Faculty-Staff Divide

By PAULA M. KREBS

I don't often think about my position as a faculty member at a liberal-arts college. That is, I don't think about my being a faculty member rather than some other kind of employee -- an administrative staff member or a public-safety officer or a cook. I'm starting to wonder, though, whether not thinking about being a faculty member is a bit like not thinking about being white, an unearned privilege.

It's not that we full-time faculty members don't work hard to earn our doctorates.

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