From SDogra@aims.unc.edu Tue Apr 11 18:06:21 2006 Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:05:56 -0400 From: "Dogra, Dr. Sunil" To: Andrew J Perrin Subject: RE: Request for Information from Candidates for Faculty Office Thank you for your questions. I have tried to answer them best as I could. I work as a full time very busy clinician in the hospital and would enjoy serving the University in a different capacity. I think beyond any trite answers the correct one for possibly all of them would be -- it takes time and effort to explore the issues and it is only after that energy has been expended that we should use our reasoned judgment to provide a solution. My goal would be to use information, knowledge and reason to provide working solutions to the issues that are presented. Sunil Dogra Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine CB#7010, N2201 UNC Hospitals University of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC 27599-7010 Anes Dept:- Tel :- 919-966-5136; Fax :- 919-966-4873 Pain Clinic:- Tel :- 919-966-4000; Fax :- 919-966-9092 Research :- Tel :- 919-966-7505; Fax :- 919-966-7506 Voice Pager :- 919-966-4140 (123-1737) E-mail :- sdogra@aims.unc.edu -----Original Message----- From: Andrew J Perrin [mailto:andrew_perrin@unc.edu] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:37 PM To: candidates@perrin.socsci.unc.edu Subject: Request for Information from Candidates for Faculty Office To Whom it May Concern - I am writing to you as a candidate for Faculty Chair, Faculty Council, or another important elected office. I realize this is a busy time, but I and some other concerned faculty would like to learn more about the candidates' ideas on several important issues before we vote. I would very much appreciate it if you could provide responses to the questions below. Feel free to add more ideas or information as you like. I will forward your responses on to other interested faculty, and I will also post them to an informal website for the purpose at http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu/fg . Thank you in advance for your time. Since balloting begins this Wednesday (April 12), I would prefer to receive your response by then. If, however, you can't make that time, I'll be happy to post and forward your ideas whenever you can get them to me. 1.) To what extent to you believe faculty interests differ from those of administrators? Good administrators should have the same goals as the faculty- to make a success of the educational and research missions. 2.) How should we maintain academic integrity in the face of increasing financial pressures? Maintain our teaching load, do relevant research as time permits and use appropriate resources in the individuals department/University to channel financial pressures away from the individual. 3.) What are your views on increasing inequalities within the faculty based on, for example, tenure-track vs. fixed term appointments and differing salary levels? The basic workload should be similar for both groups of appointments. I believe that inequalities in pay/benefits/time off from work should be based on funding and grants available to the individual and not as a matter of tenure or length of stay in the University. 4.) How would you respond on behalf of the faculty if you found out that administrators had circumvented serious faculty consultation to pursue major outside funding for a controversial new curriculum? Seek a consensus between the administrators and the faculty councils to ensure academic freedom and integrity is not compromised with the funding or the controversial curriculum. 5.) Would you prefer to see a faculty governance system that is focused on prominent University issues (e.g., academic freedom and educational policy) or one that is more focused on faculty's specific needs (e.g., benefits and salary)? Or, alternatively, how would you seek to balance the two? As explained above- gather information about the issues and then use a reasoned rational approach to devise a way to solve the problem. Once again, thank you for your time. Very best wishes, Andrew Perrin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin@unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_ University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl