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A Call for Mostly In-Person, but being Flexible Isn’t the Worst Thing in the World

Posted by admin on April 1, 2021

Nicole Walker
Professor of English
President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow

 

Admittedly, we’ve been asked to be flexible a lot this past year. Faculty have taken on additional courses, some were laid off, then, some were thankfully rehired, but often with higher workloads. Those faculty will probably never feel secure in their jobs again. We’ve given up sabbaticals. Our salaries were cut, although those cuts were, thankfully, restored. If resilience was the theme word for 2020, then I hope the theme word… Read more

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