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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious to hear from current faculty if they ever hear from parents and if so, how they handle it.

When I was an undergrad in the Stone Age, I was first generation (not a term used back then) and my parents contacted a professor that had hired me to do research over the summer because they were “concerned”. I did not know about the conversation until he told me about it after the research began and said that he could not recommend me for future research because of their meddling.

I did get another research position with another professor after that one ended. Parents never met the professor. Published two papers in his lab.

Parents seem so much more involved now than they were years ago. I have NO intention of ever meddling in my DS’s business like my own parents did, but I wonder how professors these days handle such encroachment if they do see it.[/quote]

Most professors are untouchable.  There's a firewall between them and the outside world.  If you break their rules, you are screwed.  After all, they have tenure.  Can't fire them.[/quote]

Most professors do not have tenure.

Not really.

At most schools now a huge % of faculty are adjunct/part-time.

In my department alone we have 4 tenured professors, 3 tenure-track professors (who haven't yet gotten tenure), 3 full time-professors who are not on the tenure track and can not get tenure but are renewed each year if there is a need for them to teach, and about 8-10 adjunct/part-time professors who are woefully underpaid and have no assurances of continued employment. [/quote]

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