possible problem with a professor... need advice

[KrazyHorse]

?

[Jon Miller]

SF reference.

JM

[KrazyHorse]

I didn't mean it to be. What author/book?

[Eli]

Snowcrash I think.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Eli
Damn, I keep confusing between Sava and Serb. I just wasted a whole minute wondering WTF a Lewis University is doing in Russia.

In Soviet Russia, a whole minute wonders what a Lewis University is doing in YOU!

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Originally posted by Eli
Snowcrash I think.

Yep. Guy ran around with a nuke strapped to his motorcycle that was set to go off when he died. It seemed effective.

[KrazyHorse]

Yeah. I read the Wikipedia entry on it.

Strangely enough, the mention of the words "POOR IMPULSE CONTROL" tattooed on his forehead was familiar.

I definitely never read the book, so I wonder where I heard about that from...

[Jack_www]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse

Almost all Universities and Colleges have short days on Friday or not even open.

Errr....no.

I have been to a JC and I am attending CSU Long Beach, both of them on Fridays are empty. Since very few students have class on Fridays( most classes are on Monday and Wednesday, Tuesday and Thursday, or Monday through Thursday. There are some classes that are just on Friday, and even less that are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.) Since there is hardly any students at school and the fact that if it is a public school they have cash problems they close a lot of stuff on Friday and leave early for the weekend.

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by reds4ever
I take it being made a 'Professor' in the USA is easier than in the UK?

The confusion comes from that a Professor in the UK is the same as a Dept Chair here. We have Assistant Professors (no tenure) that have are roughly the same rank as Lecturers, Associate Professors (now have tenure) that are roughly the same rank as Senior Lecturers.

We also have two "tracks" for professors. "Tenure track" who have salary from the University and who have rights to lab space and "Research Track" who must survive on grants and who must occupy lab space 'belonging' to a tenured or tenure track professor.

Nowadays, within the big biomedical research departments, one does a Ph.D. and 5-10 years as a post doctoral fellow. The key during that post-doc phase is to become 'attached' to a tenured professor so that one can become a research track assistant prof and thus become able to apply for outside grants. These days it's so competitive that most big depts wont even look at you for a tenure track appointment if you dont have at least one RO1 grant (in my line of work around $1M over 5 years) and are on the verge of securing a second grant or renewing the first RO1 (which is often the criteria for promotion to associate prof).

The short of it all is that it is as difficult these days in the US as it is in the UK. Personally, I've thrown in the towel. I'm tired of living grant to grant and I've got a reseach job in industry working on the same stuff but paying me twice as much, with more resources, and no worrys about some moron misunderstanding my grant applications (which would leave me with no income).

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Yeah. I read the Wikipedia entry on it.

Strangely enough, the mention of the words "POOR IMPULSE CONTROL" tattooed on his forehead was familiar.

I definitely never read the book, so I wonder where I heard about that from...

It's something of a cult classic. It's quite possible other people have talked about it while you've been around.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Jack_www


I have been to a JC and I am attending CSU Long Beach, both of them on Fridays are empty. Since very few students have class on Fridays( most classes are on Monday and Wednesday, Tuesday and Thursday, or Monday through Thursday. There are some classes that are just on Friday, and even less that are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.) Since there is hardly any students at school and the fact that if it is a public school they have cash problems they close a lot of stuff on Friday and leave early for the weekend.

I've been at a number of universities and none of them have had reduced schedules. The class schedules at most of them were MWF + TuTh. The class schedule at other one is MTuW + ThF

All of these were large research institutions. Perhaps that's the difference.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Lorizael


It's something of a cult classic. It's quite possible other people have talked about it while you've been around.

Possibly. Or maybe it was referenced in another SF work (I used to read a significant amount of SF)

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by SpencerH
Nowadays, within the big biomedical research departments, one does a Ph.D. and 5-10 years as a post doctoral fellow. The key during that post-doc phase is to become 'attached' to a tenured professor so that one can become a research track assistant prof and thus become able to apply for outside grants. These days it's so competitive that most big depts wont even look at you for a tenure track appointment if you dont have at least one RO1 grant (in my line of work around $1M over 5 years) and are on the verge of securing a second grant or renewing the first RO1 (which is often the criteria for promotion to associate prof).

Blech. Sounds awful. Things are significantly better in physics. It's not a cakewalk, but it's not that bad.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by SpencerH


The confusion comes from that a Professor in the UK is the same as a Dept Chair here. We have Assistant Professors (no tenure) that have are roughly the same rank as Lecturers, Associate Professors (now have tenure) that are roughly the same rank as Senior Lecturers.

We also have two "tracks" for professors. "Tenure track" who have salary from the University and who have rights to lab space and "Research Track" who must survive on grants and who must occupy lab space 'belonging' to a tenured or tenure track professor.

Nowadays, within the big biomedical research departments, one does a Ph.D. and 5-10 years as a post doctoral fellow. The key during that post-doc phase is to become 'attached' to a tenured professor so that one can become a research track assistant prof and thus become able to apply for outside grants. These days it's so competitive that most big depts wont even look at you for a tenure track appointment if you dont have at least one RO1 grant (in my line of work around $1M over 5 years) and are on the verge of securing a second grant or renewing the first RO1 (which is often the criteria for promotion to associate prof).

The short of it all is that it is as difficult these days in the US as it is in the UK. Personally, I've thrown in the towel. I'm tired of living grant to grant and I've got a reseach job in industry working on the same stuff but paying me twice as much, with more resources, and no worrys about some moron misunderstanding my grant applications (which would leave me with no income).

There are Lecturers here also. They are generally not at all considered for a position.

JM

[KrazyHorse]

Yeah. Lecturers are the lowest of the low. Above them is adjunct faculty...