Review of "Rethinking Faculty Work"

Read the book and heard the main author, Ann Austin, present at the CIC. The basic argument appears to be that technology and social changes are all creating a much different academic world than the one we were previously accustomed to. As a consequence, we need to be much more flexible and transparent in our various hiring, development, and teaching efforts.

Since I work at a small institution that emphasizes (or at least believes itself to be emphasizing) flexibility and innovation, I didn't find too much new and exciting in this book or this presentation, but it was nice confirmation that what we're doing at JBU is on the right track.