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[kellygreen]

2 new dean announcements today from the president - he even numbered them, maybe he's aware that many emails from management are automatically deleted by a lot of staff?

One faculty's new dean has lots of experience, and close relatives in that same faculty. No word on how that will be handled. In most professional organizations such a person with close personal relationships wouldn't even be considered for the position (on a legal let alone ethical basis).

This seems contradictory what with the "professional" hunt for those transgressors for downloading and forwarding the HR document and the ethics etc., involved in that mess.

Yet the new dean has direct relationships with people on that faculty and that would seemingly contradict the ethics and third party relationships normally enforced at a professional organization - in other words, this person wouldn't have been hired unless and until the relatives had moved on out of a direct supervisory position.

Perhaps an objective 3rd party will be brought in to handle faculty evaluations, complaints, etc. One hopes so, in a professional organization.

[lukey]

Interesting appointment.

I wonder what SecretAgent69 thinks of this - after reading his/her comments especially
"We all have shit to say about our families but when a person talks too much shit about internal matters motivated by some sort of personal grudge to all asunder it gets distasteful and tiresome. You have very little credibility as a result.

Basically youre a whiner and youre part of the problem not part of the solution"

is this whining or a real issue? It would be good to hear from other CNAQ employees to see what they think of the state of affairs at CNAQ

[SecretAgent69]

[kellygreen]

Pathetic or honest - interesting discussion. From my contacts, most of the EFL faculty are teaching 18 hours or less, most of the conact teachers are doing 20+ (some as many as 28 contact hours, and, if in a leadership position covering 3 - 5 full time positions including acting as leads, deans, and admin positions - all at the same time).

SA69 is correct, s/he is in a great position - too many of her/his colleagues are not and they're the people holding this place together, and her/his sitting back and raking it in $$$ does not add to the college IMHO, rather it takes away from what others are contributing in trying to grasp at the straws.

I leave it to readers who as to whether SA69 gives an honest and objective opinion as to what is going on at CNAQ.

[SecretAgent69]

"From most of my contacts..." makes it sound like you dont even work there so apart from the fact that you have an obvious axe to grind, why would anyone take you seriously?

Just because the pay, perks and workload is good doesnt mean I am "sitting back and raking it in" while my colleagues bust their ass and "hold the place together". Hardly. I do plenty and lots of EFL faculty do plenty, and they are a big reason why the college has had competent students graduating year after year. And if the contract is resigned, the success of the EFL program would be a big reason why. Condescend much?

The workload is good, the perks are good, the money is good, the students come out much improved. The rest is all noise.

[wilberforce]

This is one weird place. Along with QU it seems to have the worst rep in town.

[ntropy]

Recruitment ads up again.

What's up with that? I thought we had stuck a fork in these guys.

Is the Qatari govt. hedging its bets seeing how as CCQ has been less than successful?