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Univ. of Chicago Clarifies Obama's Professor Status | 97 comments (97 topical)

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Faculty status essentially just gives (5.00 / 1) (#35)
by Cream City on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 01:23:14 PM EST
non-professorial rank folks a voting status in schools.  Not that most come to faculty meetings or take on committees, where the grueling work is done to update curriculum, review applications for admission, awards, etc., and complete paperwork that goes to administrators who thus perpetuate and justify their existence by assigning the work to faculty in the wonderfully circular fashion of academe.

Occasionally, such voting status can mean that these marginal members may intervene -- and give up billable hours to come to meetings -- on behalf of the profession, when a professional school goes awry.  Not likely at U of C.

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