I admire your ambitions and drive in the field. Very commendable.
It depends on your academic area, I suppose. This would be impossible in my field (biomedical sciences). Without extramural funding it's almost impossible to conduct research, especially given the need for lab space that a university would supply (not counting the supplies, access to data sets, etc...).
Keep up the great work. Hope you land the tenure-track position in the future that you definitely deserve.
Meant to be replying to "number one fan" with the above post.
In my former academic field I knew plenty of folks who got research grants but didn't have a tenure-track job. In many cases the only way they could stay in the field was by paying themselves through the grants.
Re: Ward, universities do need people to actually teach the classes, and some actually hire people who are good at it, despite a perhaps less-than-stellar research record.
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I'm just trying to be accurate. I'm not knocking his incredible accomplishments of being an Olympic marathoner (6th place, no less) and teaching in higher education. Very impressive. But the narrative that he is a professor who still actively conducts research WHILE still being a professional runner simply isn't true. He teaches a few classes, as an adjunct, which means he does not mentor any graduate or undergraduate students, does not sit on any departmental/university committees, and does not conduct research. Let's give him credit for his actual accomplishments, and not disrespect others who actually put in 80-100 hour weeks as professors.
80 -100 hour weeks as a professor.??? My good fellow, the Holiday is Thanksgiving , not April Fools Day.
This would be incredibly rare, as universities often take 40-50% off the top of every grant received by researchers using the university's facilities. Not giving such an individual a tenure-track position would be akin to throwing away money. I can only speak for R1 universities, however.
His rating is higher than mine. :(
But a point of contention: he's an instructor not a professor.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?
