T G Nelson
Oct. 29, 2012, 4:51 p.m.
I like what Antioch has done with this relative to a couple of areas. One, pairing the student with a faculty partner and offering/requiring that relationship which should produce a higher level of assurance of learning in this particular type of higher education.
Secondly, sharing a portion of the revenue directly to the faculty study advisor which may be a more fair way to pay the faculty member and possible produce a fair compensation stream to the faculty members that participate.
If for this potential element of higher education this process reduces the overall administrative cost and likewise reduces the price to the student and if allows sharing some of revenue to the faculty; that’s good. If the model is functional, or can be made functional, there may be a better compensation program for participating faculty and for the university.
Many of you are probably aware of this but I continuously hear from Parkside students iterating their praise of for Parkside faculty; for their availability and dedication. And, independent of the current economic situation, I'm not sure if the current Wisconsin University System compensation plan fairly rewards the level of Parkside's faculty availability to students, their efforts and their dedication.