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A university professor reflects about time management

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Tags: education.higher, universities, academia, professors, time management, substack.science for everyone, author.terry mcglynn
https://scienceforeveryone.substack.com/p/the-meeting-scheduling-crisis-is

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The meeting scheduling crisis is an indicator of a much bigger problem
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Terry McGlynn
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2872 words

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    Between this and the concluding paragraphs, it feels like the author identifies the core problem but then backs away from the obvious solutions due to unsavory implications. Grant writing, being...

    Yet I am not harkening for those “good” ol’ days, because I don’t want to return to the lack of standards for teaching effectiveness, or scientists who think that their work should not be responsive to the public good

    Between this and the concluding paragraphs, it feels like the author identifies the core problem but then backs away from the obvious solutions due to unsavory implications. Grant writing, being competent and teaching, and having the aptitude for research are all separate skill sets—perhaps what is needed is the honesty to admit as much and acknowledge that some people are specialists in one of those things instead of platitudes about how they’re all important core parts of the job.

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