tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post4441001375728969540..comments2024-03-18T23:25:47.053-07:00Comments on Get a Life, PhD: Taking ControlTanya Golash-Bozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299920277816825958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post-59765626882554944132011-11-01T20:10:16.687-07:002011-11-01T20:10:16.687-07:00Well, the official work week at my university is 6...Well, the official work week at my university is 60 hours. According to them it takes 12 hours total time (preparation, class, office hours, grading) to give a 3-credit course. On the typical load of 3 courses, you're thus 60% teaching, 30% research, and 10% service (3 hours of meetings and 3 of work resulting from meetings). It's an interesting little rubric but note that it does allow for exactly 18 hours of research/writing a week, in theory. Or if you use the same distribution and reduce time to 40 hours on your own recognizance, you still have 12 hours or 2.5 hours M-Th and 2 hours F.<br /><br />My question to those who "want unstructured time" is, didn't they have to schedule things in college and graduate school??? I think what they really mean is, they want to meditate in between tasks, and they want recreational time before and after hard work sessions - they don't want to feel rushed or create that under the gun feeling all the time. Which is fine. I think that's the way to put it more productively, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com