University Affairs: The Importance Of Faculty Service

My opinion piece for the upcoming number of University Affairs on the importance of faculty service has appeared online at its website.  Have a look at http://www.universityaffairs.ca/we-are-the-pros.aspx.

Comments

[Craig]

I wish I had written that "we are impediments to the university they imagine." We surely are.

[Rohan Maitzen]

"Rather than embodying our values, they have, largely from necessity, begun determining them, as well."

Nicely put. And often, the message we, as faculty, are given is that we are impediments to the university they imagine, rather than its foundation. Yet, as you suggest, we contribute substantially to that gap in understanding and coooperation.