RST: Gordon, I will teach my last classes of the year today. I’m whupped.
EGG: You, dear Rachel (my Big Boss), do truly walk the talk. Unlike so many of us who opine on higher education, you do the work of being a faculty member. I am going to teach a class this fall for the first time in 10 years. I am already starting to prepare, because I feel really uncomfortable having to carry a whole class by myself after so many years in the wilderness of administration. That is the reason that I am so interested in further understanding what it means to be a faculty member and how we can make good teaching a central premise of our universities. Talk to me!
RST: Oh, exciting. Can’t wait to hear what you’re teaching. I’m sure this will provide plenty of fodder for our columns next fall. I think it matters for everyone to see how things have changed—or not—for those of us still in the job. Is there anything you’re worried about?
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