Now, that is a shame.

C-SPAN is what all news should be. While I get my news from a variety of other outlets, this is the only one I am willing to endorse. I encourage anyone that is getting news from other outlets to try it out. IMO, you will be surprised how difficult it is to listen to other national outlets afterward, especially Fox and MSNBC. Another tip is to realize news in a 24/7 format results in mostly irrelevant information and sensationalization of stories.

Con-GRANT-ulations!!! My wife came up with that expression.

Glass, Jaw Joe. Is that a relative of the Eastern Michigan QB Mike Glass?

The difference between pre-tenured and tenured status is that colleges can choose to not renew the contract and terminate a professor without cause or reason during the probationary, pre-tenured period. The university has to demonstrate incompetence or unprofessional conduct before firing a tenured professor. So, tenure provides some job security, but it does not make you bullet-proof. You still get evaluated for promotions and raises; you just get the right to be fired with cause.

@teachercd As a young professor, tenure is like strapping a time-bomb on your chest. You have 5 years to prove to the university you have a stable, productive, and independently-funded research program with the added charges of service and teaching expectations. The dream of becoming an old professor is secondary to the hope you can keep your job following your tenure review.

The pressure of obtaining research funding has to be the most intense issue as a tenure-track assistant professor (double since you and your wife are an academic couple). I was in a funding drought for the first two years starting out (relying on my start-up funds and submitting over 20 grant applications), but the dam finally broke in year 3 where we got 4 grants (including my first NIH R01). I was stressed out all the time thinking about if I could hack it or would have to find another job, worrying about moving my wife and kids (again), and feeling guilty about how it would impact my graduate students. I also dealt with poor institutional support (still do). But, my perspective shifted once funding started to come. Those worries were resolved, and the issues in the department became less burdensome (or at least my perception of them) because I was less stressed overall.

I hope you can define success for yourself. DM me if you want to trade war stories.

Is this at your new position? If so, you would think your new chair would want to offer some protected time so you can get your research program up and running. If you have not done so already, it might be worth having an explicit conversation about your needed support.

Admittedly, that might not be relevant advice since I don’t know what the main issue is. But, a good chair would find ways to support you.

Good point, Waldo. Because someone made an offhand comment on a message board, it must be fact to live life by.

Or the coaches look at their current team with a few games to go and think they need JUCO for immediate depth for next year. But let the sky fall, if you want.

No worries.

Lol. Teach, you are really beating the drum about attendance this season. Even though, so far, attendance has been rather normal. Not sure why this narrative is important for you, but have fun with it. 

What did Wisconsin think of that really poor team?

This is a pretty bad take, but you do you, boo.

No way, that is an off-season only topic. We have actual football to watch.

We are truly through the looking glass.

No matter how "right" (or "left" ) you think you are, political content is restricted to the political forum. Violations of this board rule will result in disciplinary actions. If you can't find it, listen for the echo, at least according to the op

@Redux Do you think a troll account would survive to 250 posts?

Never lived there, but I been through the Birmingham/Montgomery area a few times. It is really beautiful countryside.

@Scratchtown keep political content in the PR forum.

@teachercd, go ahead a make a thread in the PR forum. Your intent may not be to politicize this conversation, but it will go that route quickly. @B.B. Hemingway, do you remember 2016? I do, and so does my inbox.