Timeline for What are the benefits of becoming an academic administrator?
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| Nov 9, 2018 at 13:15 | comment | added | ttbek | I would just note that it isn't always a position that they choose. In the math department where I went to university the department head was a rotating position through all permanent members of the department. When it was your turn you were just stuck with it for a year, I don't think anyone particularly wanted to do it. | |
| S Nov 9, 2018 at 8:40 | history | suggested | smci | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
disambiguate. It could have meant 'ITadministrator', 'benefits administrator'...
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| Nov 9, 2018 at 7:16 | answer | added | Samuel Russell | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 9, 2018 at 7:12 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Nov 8, 2018 at 15:19 | answer | added | ivanivan | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 8, 2018 at 14:54 | answer | added | einpoklum | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 8, 2018 at 3:15 | answer | added | Tom Au | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 23:59 | answer | added | usr1234567 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 22:21 | comment | added | Prof. Santa Claus | @SimonB Yes and no. They could bring a whole organization to its knees, especially when they don't really understand why they failed in teaching or/and research in the first place. On the upside, I have met a few administrators who are good managers but sucks at being a teacher or researcher. | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 19:27 | answer | added | cag51♦ | timeline score: 24 | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 18:34 | comment | added | fectin | @SimonB or because both skillsets are required to some degree at the entry level, and those with a relative advantage in the skills that correspond to administration naturally gravitate there. | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 13:50 | comment | added | Simon B | @Prof.SantaClaus So it's the Dilbert Principle - incompetent people get promoted to management, because that's where they do the least harm. | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 10:47 | comment | added | Prof. Santa Claus | One reason -- they become an administrator because they failed in research and teaching. In other words, administrators are failed academics. | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 10:38 | answer | added | DCTLib | timeline score: 35 | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 4:43 | answer | added | Sander Heinsalu | timeline score: 48 | |
| Nov 7, 2018 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1060004116225839104 | ||
| Nov 6, 2018 at 23:08 | answer | added | paul garrett | timeline score: 12 | |
| Nov 6, 2018 at 22:15 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | Well, there isn't really an "industry" for professors in many fields to make big bucks. | |
| Nov 6, 2018 at 21:24 | comment | added | Anyon | Related: What is the point of being the head of the department? | |
| Nov 6, 2018 at 21:22 | answer | added | Raghu Parthasarathy | timeline score: 146 | |
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| Nov 6, 2018 at 21:11 | history | asked | taxypayer22847 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |