In the "Confessions of a Community College Dean" blog at
Inside Higher Ed,
Dean Dad notes, with links, an ongoing online discussion in a number of blogs about full-time faculty workload. Dean Dad's focus is on whether or not non-elite institutions can really charge for quality, or not: "A thrilled student doesn't pay any more than does a barely-contented student." He ends up asking: "Is there a sustainable way for colleges to charge by quality rather than quantity?"
A couple of his related thoughts that we thought were interesting:
- What looks like a static workload over time has actually become more due to faculty "mission creep" and
- There's really a minimum limit to class size, below which quality can actually drop.
Regional SCUP Events! Enjoy the F2F company of your colleagues and peers at one of three SCUP regional conferences this spring:
Society for College and University Planning
