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Post by SNHU on Nov 7, 2014 11:52:59 GMT -5
Here's the posting from highered - www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=175969110&Title=Assistant%20Professor%20of%20SociologyWondering if someone has insight on how to handle letters of recommendation. According to the application site: If you do not have your three letters of reference available at the time of application, please attach a document noting the names and contact information for each of your three references. This will enable you to successfully complete the application process. Yet, there is no name given to send letters to and the wording does not make clear if letters are required or if they will contact references. I got ahold of HR and they were not all that helpful. Any suggestions on how to proceed? |
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Post by JustFYI on Nov 7, 2014 12:05:18 GMT -5
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Post by sketch? on Nov 7, 2014 14:33:39 GMT -5
Is this a rip off poor people with online degrees for profit place? If not, apologies for my ignorance....I just dont want to apply to it if so.
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Post by notsure on Nov 7, 2014 14:52:48 GMT -5
I honestly don't know about it personally, but I know the model. It is not a for profit university, and it is accredited. Some consider all online education shady, but that view is increasingly reserved for those with the luxury of not having to teach online. I looked up the Sociology faculty, and I could only find 3 names, with only two listed on the actual faculty page. For a school with 25,000 students, that is a red flag. Suggests online classes are very large, possibly with the academy coach model to assist with grading.
Whatever the case, it is a job. Someone will get it, and they will be glad to have it over not having a job. That doesn't mean it will be great. If you land a TT job at one of these places, I think you maintain some sense of normal academic life, but may have to use extensive adjuncts to fill your teaching spots. With such large enrollment, probably lots of summer teaching opportunities (aka, near mandatory summer teaching) to boost your pay (and conversely kill any research time).
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Post by Seems OK on Nov 7, 2014 17:40:06 GMT -5
The link to the article that was posted states that the online courses are taught by adjuncts. The actual campus only has a couple thousand students, so they wouldn't need many TT faculty. The job posting indicates that it is strictly face-to-face, so it seems like it would be alright.
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Post by beenthere/donethat on Nov 11, 2014 13:12:10 GMT -5
Hey All
SNHU is a nightmare - stay far away from that place. I have tons of experience teaching online and was hired there for some part-time work. It gives whole new meaning to the phrase "diploma mill." Avoid this institution at all costs, unless you cannot feed your family any other way.
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Post by beenthere/donethat on Nov 11, 2014 13:13:46 GMT -5
Any word on the Washington University in Saint Louis search? Reestablishing a sociology program and hiring Associate and Full profs??
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