Talk:U.S. History, 2010-2011

General
Thoughts on the year to come?

Where the jobs at?

NRC Rankings - Will the new NRC rankings impact any hiring decisions this year or in the near future? How so?

Wiki Ads
WHY ARE THERE ADS ON THIS PAGE? WHO SET THAT UP? AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PERSON WHO CREATED THIS PAGE IS MAKING A PROFIT OFF OF ADS?

Q1: what ads? Q2: why are you shouting? A: Try Firefox ADBLOCK PLUS and then you won't see them!

Dear Una74 (part-time administrator of this wiki): There are ads, many of them with sound, all over this page. I'm writing in capital letters (not shouting), because I want people to see what I wrote and be aware of this. Making money off of this wiki is pretty despicable. It's not a matter of blocking ads. Is being a part-time administrator of a wiki so time consuming that you need to be paid?

"Making money off of this wiki is pretty despicable." Why?

Una74 here: I can assure you I am not paid; I volunteer whatever time I give to maintaining this space. I do not control the ads. I also do not see them, because I have installed ad blocking software in my browser, as suggested above. The ads I believe are there because the larger wiki hosting company, Wikia, needs a way to make some money from its enterprise. In return, we have a free, relatively secure space on which to track jobs. If we wanted an ad free wiki space, we would have to pool some money together to buy one. If it deeply troubles you to see advertising here, and you can't install ad-blocking software for some reason, then perhaps you should not use this wiki. If you know of a wiki that provides free, ad-free space, then you are welcome to start your own wiki on this topic there. I would appreciate it if you could refrain from attacking me about something I do not control or profit from. Thanks.

Excellent response. Thank you for your hard work on maintaining this wiki. (x6) Yes, thank you! (x3) Especially after the mess someone created last year w/spacing!

Your work is deeply appreciated, believe me. Ads help pay for things like this (and newspapers and other things I love).

Deletions
I don't like how this board is run. Whenever something critical is written about a department it is deleted. This is a PG version of the job market, where real exchange of ideas cannot happen, because censorship is too strong. Why can't there be honesty on this board?

Good for you. If you don't like it, you are more than welcome to start your own wiki.


 * No single person "runs" the wiki--it is a community endeavor. Anyone can add or delete comments; there is no single "censor." On a wiki, one is free to go back into the History and repost deleted comments. Or move them here to the Talk page for open debate. See example below.

Cal State Fullerton
These comments were deleted from the main page, reposted here (9/18):
 * This has to be the single worst job out there. The Department is a mess. I would rather work at a Burger King.
 * Strong statement there. Would you explain? (9/3). I was wondering too. Can you elaborate on your statement? Have you taught there?
 * I second the above question. Very strong statement indeed...may we have some evidence??? (9/5)
 * Fullerton is an assembly line. What percentage of the faculty are adjuncts and what percentage are full time? And who are the full timers? Those who got in twenty years ago and are burnt out on teaching, but still make 80,000 a year, while the adjuncts are much more capable but make 3,000 dollars per course. It is this feudal anachronism that is missing at Burger King, and why it is more pleasant to work there. Everything that is wrong with the field of History, is exaggertated a thousdand fold at Fullerton.
 * I just looked at their department website and there are only five full professors on the full time faculty. I wonder if they just are not productive or if they leave after the second book.
 * Judging from your comments, you must have been part-time faculty there...
 * Posted on main US History page 9/22: "Recently, some slanderous and defamatory statements about Cal State Fullerton and its Department of History have appeared on the discussion site of academicjobs.wikia.com. While the strength of CSUF’s history department is beyond question and the first rate quality of its faculty apparent in their teaching and their research, we nonetheless find these remarks deeply troubling. We therefore encourage any interested applicant to contact Fullerton's Department of Historydirectly with any questions regarding the open position or the department. Please write William Haddad at[mailto:whaddad@fullerton.edu whaddad@fullerton.edu ]."
 * I'm not the original poster, but I also work in the history department at Fullerton. It is beyond ugly. This is my last semester working there. The students are easily among the worst with whom I've ever worked: it's high school on steroids.