{"id":80022,"date":"2022-04-08T13:52:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T17:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=80022"},"modified":"2022-04-08T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T17:52:21","slug":"colleges-are-hiring-but-do-people-want-to-work-there-mcclure-other-changes-in-the-k12-and-higher-education-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/04\/08\/colleges-are-hiring-but-do-people-want-to-work-there-mcclure-other-changes-in-the-k12-and-higher-education-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"“Colleges Are Hiring. But Do People Want to Work There?” [McClure] + other changes in the K12 and higher education ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colleges Are Hiring. But Do People Want to Work There?<\/strong> <\/a>— from chronicle.com by Kevin R. McClure
\nHigher ed used to be insulated from the whims of the labor market. No more.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n

This perhaps comes as a surprise to some college hiring officials. For a long time, colleges have operated under the assumption that they can easily replace people. And until recently, that was true. Colleges were viewed as places where employees can enact their values, where jobs were spared the ravages of recessions, and where deep relationships can be forged with students and colleagues. When someone left a job, institutions would post the opening and often receive more than enough applicants, especially for faculty positions. Why try hard to retain someone if you can always count on a deep pool of applicants?<\/p>\n

That rosy vision of higher education was already starting to sour prior to the pandemic. And after the last two years, it isn\u2019t safe to assume we can field the same numbers of applicants.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s largely because employee\u00a0<\/span>morale at colleges is tanking<\/a>. Some in the industry have told me it\u2019s the lowest they\u2019ve ever seen. There are several likely reasons for it, including low pay and frustration that administrations aren\u2019t taking health concerns of frontline workers during the pandemic seriously enough. But perhaps the biggest cause for the drop in morale is understaffing. Higher-education workers are exhausted from years of employment rolls that aren\u2019t just lean \u2014 they\u2019re malnourished.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Has the Campus Workplace Changed Forever?<\/strong> <\/a>— from chronicle.com by Megan Zahneis
\nCollege leaders are trying different strategies to adapt to a new reality.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite hopeful signs that the worst of the pandemic is behind us, there is a growing understanding that remote and hybrid work, at least in some form, is here to stay. With the benefit of hindsight and enough time to consider things more thoughtfully, institutional leaders and academic administrators are increasingly engaging with essential questions about remote work: What is the best way to manage teams at a distance? What does it take to recruit, retain, and engage faculty and staff members? What can higher education learn from other industries that have long embraced telecommuting?<\/p>\n

Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Our Nation\u2019s Teachers Are Hustling to Survive<\/strong> <\/a>— from edsurge.com by Emily Tate
\nNearly 1 in 5 American public school teachers work a second job outside of the classroom. Why is this their reality?<\/em><\/p>\n

Rothrock\u2019s story is not exceptional\u2014at least in her line of work, in this country. If she were any other highly educated American professional, that might be different. But Rothrock is a teacher. That a teacher must work a second, part-time job on weeknights and weekends, year-round, more than 20 years into her career, in spite of a master\u2019s degree and a modest lifestyle, is so universally accepted among her peers and colleagues in education that it barely warrants notice.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s (Past) Time to Redesign the Teaching Profession<\/strong><\/a> — from by Katie Kimbrell<\/p>\n

Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n

According to\u00a0a recent Forbes article<\/a>, national research found that 54% of teachers surveyed in 2021 are considering leaving the teaching profession within the next two years. More urgently,\u00a0Edweek reported<\/a>\u00a0that 48% of teachers have considered quitting in the last 30 days.<\/p>\n

To be clear, these numbers are cataclysmic.<\/p>\n

Our local numbers are probably not dissimilar from elsewhere in the country: According to a regional study by\u00a0LeanLab Education<\/a>, teacher burnout was among the top three challenges mentioned consistently by the near 250 educators surveyed. \u00a0In a recent online survey by Kansas PAC,\u00a0Freedom to Learn<\/a>, 78% of teachers (of 780 responses) would not recommend their profession to students, while 80% of teachers would not recommend their profession to friends and family.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the teaching profession, what we\u2019ve designed simply isn\u2019t working anymore (when and if it ever did is another debate).<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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