Comments on: Why are you going to grad school anyway? http://protoscholar.com/2009/08/20/why-are-you-going-to-grad-school-anyway/ A PhD is just the beginning Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: CB http://protoscholar.com/2009/08/20/why-are-you-going-to-grad-school-anyway/#comment-4006 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:35:46 +0000 http://protoscholar.com/?p=337#comment-4006 Interesting post, looked at from an Australian perspective. Academics here would be *delighted* with an actual time allocation like you describe.

Ours would be more like: 50% admin, 45% teaching, 5% research if lucky. Most research is in practice done in ‘free time’. Naturally the accounting is different for the ‘Big Men’ who dominate our public perception of academics, but who are actually a tiny minority favoured by the management spivs de jour. But most academics in Australia are basically expensive admin staff.

]]> By: MC http://protoscholar.com/2009/08/20/why-are-you-going-to-grad-school-anyway/#comment-4005 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:46:35 +0000 http://protoscholar.com/?p=337#comment-4005 I experienced Community Colleges to focus on teaching, the High School guidance counselors in my county recommend students explore Community Colleges seriously. Community Colleges are a wonderful resource for all trades, there are academics and trades people working together, not to mention the wide continuum of age and class. That synergy changes how we think. I am a community college supporter with the specific goal of teaching in the Community College system. Delighted to see others are finding the call.

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