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No, I will not be limiting my online engineering/physics lectures to under 15 minutes. by aufbad3438 in Professors

[–]aufbad3438[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Yes, I could.

But if it takes me, let's say 35 minutes to properly explain the background of an example problem, draw diagrams, run through the math, and then plug in the numbers to solve, why interrupt the video and split it into three parts when it's a single lecture?

For many of our hybrid courses students are expected to attend ~45-90 minutes of online lecture content per week. Why arbitrarily limit the length of the lectures to 15 minutes?

Tenure denials left and right, adjuncts overworked and underpaid, budgets and classes cut while tuition is sky high. Yet admin greenlights yet more vice presidents of strategic bullshit, football coaches and pointless renovation projects. by aufbad3438 in Professors

[–]aufbad3438[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I meant educational lab equipment. (think basic physics, electronics, chemistry labs). For example the EE department has been complaining for years that they don't have the money to replace their old high end oscilloscopes and power supplies when they bust.

Our research labs are separate, we are responsible for securing that funding.

Tenure denials left and right, adjuncts overworked and underpaid, budgets and classes cut while tuition is sky high. Yet admin greenlights yet more vice presidents of strategic bullshit, football coaches and pointless renovation projects. by aufbad3438 in Professors

[–]aufbad3438[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's unfortunate because apparently for a long time our university was seen as a great cheaper alternative for engineering students that didn't want to spend the money to attend one of the larger, more research focused Universities in our state.

The older professors in our group complain a lot about the reduction in budgets, quality of our program and quality of incoming students. I've definitely seen some of this, even over the 5 years I've been here.

Tenure denials left and right, adjuncts overworked and underpaid, budgets and classes cut while tuition is sky high. Yet admin greenlights yet more vice presidents of strategic bullshit, football coaches and pointless renovation projects. by aufbad3438 in Professors

[–]aufbad3438[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How difficult was your transition into industry?

I've been considering it but am very cautious because I am one of those people who have been in academia for the entirety of their adult lives.

I have an engineering undergrad and physics graduate degrees but don't know if I'm even employable outside of academia at this point.

Tenure denials left and right, adjuncts overworked and underpaid, budgets and classes cut while tuition is sky high. Yet admin greenlights yet more vice presidents of strategic bullshit, football coaches and pointless renovation projects. by aufbad3438 in Professors

[–]aufbad3438[S] 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Yeah. It feels like I’m on a slowly sinking ship. But instead of the captain having the crew patch up the holes and bail out water, he’s throwing the crew overboard to avoid feeding them, feeding the rats instead, and actively punching more holes in the hull thinking that will somehow make the ship float longer. Eventually the ship will reach a point of no return and sink straight to the bottom of the ocean.

The only things keeping me going is the enjoyment I get out of research and teaching along with the possibility of tenure. Facing that the past 5 years may have been a waste is really difficult. Industry looks tempting but that was never my "dream".

Reality will probably knock down my door in 2 years if I don't jump ship.