Mad as Hell in California, and Students Should Be, Too
The following essay is adapted from a letter the author wrote to his colleagues and students announcing his resignation from the chairmanship of the creative-writing department at the University of California at Riverside.
I spent most of my academic career doing what most of us do—teaching, reading in my field, doing research, writing books and articles, reading graduate applications and theses, holding office hours. I didn't pay much attention to the university and its administration. None of us has that luxury anymore. Budget cut after budget cut after budget cut have left us all painfully aware of how the sausage is made, or not made.
Please click on link to read more (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 5, 2011):
http://chronicle.com/article/Mad-as-Hell-in-California-and/127760/
