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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 00:52:29 EDT
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- From: "Natalie Maynor" <maynor@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Subject: Re: Convincing Faculty
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- "Fred W. Culpepper" <fculpepp@norfolk.vak12ed.edu> writes:
-
- >> But faculty will not write academic software if they are not
- >> rewarded some way. I write academic software but my sanity has been
- > questioned.
-
- >Jack has a very good point here. I have authored and
- >coauthored many (26) textbooks, laboratory manuals, etc. In
- >each case I received credit for the activity in our yearly
- >evaluations.
-
- Wouldn't writing academic software fall into the category with writing
- pedagogical books or articles? Here, a textbook is given credit as
- part of the "teaching" category but not as part of "research" -- i.e.,
- the writing of textbooks or pedagogical articles doesn't count for much
- in tenure or promotion applications. Note: I'm not saying that's the
- way it SHOULD be, only that that's the way it is. People who write
- textbooks, pedagogical articles, or software should not be hoping for
- any brownie-points from the effort at tenure/promotion time. They do
- it because they want to do it.
- --
- -- Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
-