Podcast #19: Will It Ever Get Easier?

After taking an almost two-month long leave of absence for winter break, Jason Curtis and I are back to our weekly conversations about news in higher education.

In today's podcast, we talk about how graduate school doesn't teach us how to be faculty members and how easy it is to get in over our heads as new professors.  We then talk about how hard it is to say "no" as a seasoned faculty member and how easy it is to get in over our heads.

Does it get any easier?  Yes.  But you'll still be busy.

Articles discussed today are from the February 1, 2008 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education

The 24/7 Professor
What to do when home is just another word for the office
"The Academic Life" Series
By PIPER FOGG

and

FIRST PERSON
On-the-Job Training
Three newcomers to the tenure track begin the process of becoming professors
By ANDREW KEMP, SAMARA MADRID, and JOSEPH FLYNN