2008 Woodie Awards
The Reallocating of Faculty Time
Deepika Mehra
Issue date: 4/7/04 Section: News
- Page 1 of 2 next >
In 2001, the Senate of Manhattan College proposed a new model of the courses the faculty will teach, known as the "Reallocating faculty time." However, it is only now that the proposal being put into effect. This new system will substitute the old 4/4 model with the 4/3 model.
The provost at MC, Dr. Weldon Jackson, explains, "The 4/3 model won't reduce faculty model, instead it will reallocate the faculty time. This way faculty has more time available to work on scholarly journals and more emphasis on publication and scholarship."
In other words, this way a professor will teach 4 courses one semester and 3 courses the other. This will decrease the faculty's workload and will give them more time to concentrate on their publications and research.
Dr. Jackson commented, "students will benefit from this system because this way, they'll get a more effective and well prepared professors, and any student can appreciate a well-prepared professor."
The new system excites some students, as well as bringing some questions. Freshman Stefanie Vilani at MC, for example, explains her concerns, "It is a good idea that professors will be more prepared and will be able to concentrate more, but how come students didn't know about it?"
Dr. Kudret Topyan, Chair of Economics and Finance Department, also expressed his views. He believes that this "new system will create some problems in the school of business."
"We had a better system before. This system, instead of upgrading the workload, will downgrade it. And if we follow 4/3 model, it will put us in a situation that we'll go backwards with our publication expectations, and that won't look good at all." Dr. Topyan also said "There will be conflict in the evaluating system since the reward system of CPA (Counsel for Faculty Affairs) will conflict with AACSB's rewarding system. As a result of it, the publication will go down, and eventually it will hurt the school system."
On the contrary, Dr. Jackson said, "There are no losers in this game. With the new 4/3 model, the preparation will be improved and the delivery and the overall teaching quality will be enhanced."
The provost at MC, Dr. Weldon Jackson, explains, "The 4/3 model won't reduce faculty model, instead it will reallocate the faculty time. This way faculty has more time available to work on scholarly journals and more emphasis on publication and scholarship."
In other words, this way a professor will teach 4 courses one semester and 3 courses the other. This will decrease the faculty's workload and will give them more time to concentrate on their publications and research.
Dr. Jackson commented, "students will benefit from this system because this way, they'll get a more effective and well prepared professors, and any student can appreciate a well-prepared professor."
The new system excites some students, as well as bringing some questions. Freshman Stefanie Vilani at MC, for example, explains her concerns, "It is a good idea that professors will be more prepared and will be able to concentrate more, but how come students didn't know about it?"
Dr. Kudret Topyan, Chair of Economics and Finance Department, also expressed his views. He believes that this "new system will create some problems in the school of business."
"We had a better system before. This system, instead of upgrading the workload, will downgrade it. And if we follow 4/3 model, it will put us in a situation that we'll go backwards with our publication expectations, and that won't look good at all." Dr. Topyan also said "There will be conflict in the evaluating system since the reward system of CPA (Counsel for Faculty Affairs) will conflict with AACSB's rewarding system. As a result of it, the publication will go down, and eventually it will hurt the school system."
On the contrary, Dr. Jackson said, "There are no losers in this game. With the new 4/3 model, the preparation will be improved and the delivery and the overall teaching quality will be enhanced."