Word: scientistic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much healthier not to allow oneself to hope for tenure," says one language teacher. "You run into an awful lot of ex-Harvard assistant professors who are extraordinarily bitter about the place," adds another scientist. For example, one associate professor recently denied tenure said last week that he didn't feel like bothering to answer the University Hall questionnaire: "I told them to go soak their heads...
Despite the slim odds, some junior faculty members still hold out hope for tenure. One social scientist says. "I don't think people have adjusted yet" to the fact that "it's not a security-oriented position." The "assumption of forward motion," he adds, still holds in many minds...
...criterion for tenure--some would say the only criterion--is the publishing. Writing a great book might get you tenured, several junior professors say, but being a great teacher or a great departmental "citizen" won't. "This is a research institution. That's the bottom line," says one social scientist...
...other hand, junior professors say they have little incentive to teach well or to take on administrative duties. Says one scientist: "I have very little incentive except my own desire to look good before the class." A colleague concurs, saying, "I hate to stand up there and look like a jerk...even though it doesn't count...
...junior faculty found that they spend on average only 30 percent of their working school-year time on research and writing, compared to 50 percent on teaching and 20 percent on administrative duties. "I need to publish more or I'm not going to get promoted," says one social scientist...