Kevin R. McClure

We might get there. I'm looking at 4 active advisees (as in writing dissertations) in a semester would equal a course, but we'll see.

Like that idea, but we're still in the land of more traditional dissertations.

I don’t want a banking policy where completed dissertations qualify for a release sometime later. I’d like to adjust teaching load for active advising and there is some desire in my college to set a threshold.

Ok, one more request because you can just ignore it if you want!

For anyone connected to an EdD program: do you have a set number of advisees that would qualify for a course release? Or an expected advising load established in policy?

Sometimes I wonder if the incoherent messaging of this administration is a product of all the leaders despising each other and therefore not coordinating anything.

You're very kind. It was great seeing you!

Does anyone here use a point system for faculty workload? As in, we figured out points for different service activities, then set a point-based expectation for the year?

What do you think of that approach? Are there pitfalls? I like the idea of also thoughtfully surfacing how much folks are doing.

Ah my home away from home. (CTL)

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And is if my last post wasn't exciting enough, I'm also presenting with @drkevinrmcclure.com and @detroittoaccra.bsky.social on "Faculty, Care, and Leadership in the Contemporary University." April 17, 4.45pm!

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One constant in this moment for Iran is that @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social is a must read. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

You’d be forgiven if you forgot Mumford & Sons was a thing, but they have a nice album out. Even some good guests like Chris Stapleton and Hozier.

Now, there are lots of writing tasks in academe where voice matters less. Lots of nominations that never get read. I think we cut a lot of those if they can be so easily outsourced but in the meantime? Lots of AI written letters, I expect.

I did that too, in the sense of asking it to write in my voice and tone. And it was passable. But didn’t sound like me.

I believe in this very strongly, and I suspect most writers do.

I experimented and asked Claude to summarize one of my chapters in a short article. It did the job, but it wasn't my writing. It was lifeless. I think someone familiar with my voice would know the difference.

Academics Need to Wake Up on AI Ten theses for folks who haven't noticed the ground shifting under their feet

Read this, and I'm not an expert or someone who cares enough to pick it apart. What I will say is that I think we will have people who read a vision like this and decide to opt out of academe because they don't find it exciting. alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/academics-...

And the whole article was generated and posted by an AI agent.

Haha it’s true

My youngest asked us to warm up his towel in the dryer before he got out of the tub.

We went along with it, thinking it was kind of a fun, one-time thing.

He now refuses to get out of the tub unless the towel is warmed up.

Hi friends - I'm working on article about efforts to measure, track, and adjust WORKLOAD in higher ed, both for staff and faculty.

I'm interested in talking to people who have experiences w/:
-Workload management gone wrong
-Exemplars of workload measurement
-True tales of workload being adjusted

Tree with pink blossoms

Little signs of spring.

Entering the discourse to say that I had shingles 3 years ago and still have nerve tingling because it’s a weird illness. I’d like to have the vaccine. That’s all. Thanks!

Ah, and you know what? I misread the new title. I thought it was suggesting you had gone wrong, not where higher ed has gone wrong! Sorry for the confusion.

Found this very weird because the review was out in January, and that's not the actual title of the piece. This different title has quite a different tone and doesn't really reflect the content.

Oh cool. Gonna read! Or just tell me the tl:dr. But I will read.

Awesome! I'll follow up

Any interest in telling me more, or is that pretty much the gist of it? 😀

And thank you!

Send me a chat if you like, or feel free to email me - my UNCW email is easy to pull up

I realize make requests like this a lot. I think my writing is better with examples beyond my experience, and my goal is to add value with my writing.

So, thanks for considering and hit me up if you've got an experience you'd like to share.

This is for my advice column, not an essay. So my desire is to bring forward positive ideas, even if I highlight some of the problems.

It starts from the idea that we can address workload when it becomes unwieldy. What are some good ways of doing so?