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In unionized environments, in order to put pressure on the administration, faculty sometimes "work the contract."  This means do exactly what is specified (in writing, in your job description etc.)...but nothing more.  Most organizations depend on the countless acts of extra effort..things not specified in one's job description or labor agreeement, but necessary for efficient organizational functioning.  For example, if your office hours are 8 am to 10 am and a student arrives at 10:01, you are not avaliable.


Some will respond that this strategy goes against students' best interests, and maybe this is true in the very short term...but if it brings about needed major change in the long term, perhaps it IS in the students' bests interests.


 


Just a thought...



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Sphere

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Been there, done that.  This is an ugly road to go down.  It will pit the students and community against the faculty.  In the three components of academic life - research, teaching, and service - it is a "bite off your nose to spite your face" kind of strategy to consider this.  I would encourage more of the symbolic types of protest and the non-stop outreach to the community at large.

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former-staffer/LVN

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And it just wouldn't happen.  Every prof I know would say to that 10:01 student, "well, okay, but just this once . . ."

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I agree with Sphere. 


ALWAYS TAKE THE HIGH ROAD. 



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Robert Campbell

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No way--shorting the students not only means not doing your job, it means alienating people whose support you will need.


Robert Campbell



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USM Sympathizer

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Originally posted by: Robert Campbell
"No way--shorting the students not only means not doing your job, it means alienating people whose support you will need. Robert Campbell"

 


When it comes to statements made by Robert Campbell, I am beginning to sound like Ed McMahon in addressing Johnny Carson: "You are corRECT, sir!"



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