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Re:Statement by Professor Xi on the Dismissal of the Federal... by a3n on Sunday September 13, 2015 @02:49PM (#10212374)
Can you imagine a physics class taught by a grad student?
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Re:Statement by Professor Xi on the Dismissal of the Federal... by frozenport on Sunday September 13, 2015 @04:35PM (#10212721)
Half the job of the chair is to manage the human side of the department's priorities, including resolving disputes between faculty. You need moral authority, which a grad doesn't have.
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Re:Statement by Professor Xi on the Dismissal of the Federal... by a3n on Sunday September 13, 2015 @05:05PM (#10212787)
The scale is about the same, and as someone else mentioned near here, the deputy chair would take over.
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