Fun_People Archive
27 Jun
U. C. Search Committee Glossary
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 95 18:01:41 PDT
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: U. C. Search Committee Glossary
Forwarded-by: <cate3@netcom.com>
From: the July issue of /Harper's Magazine/.
/ From a memorandum circulated to members of a search committee at the
University of California. The committee was created to recommend a new dean of
the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences./
From: Ad Hoc Committee on Referee Rhetoric, Leo Braudy, Chair
Due to some confusion in interpreting the comments included in candidates'
letters of reference, we have put together a glossary of terminological
translation that we hope will help your deliberations.
bridge builder: likes to compromise
charismatic: no interest in any opinion but his own; gives frequent print
and television interviews
committed to the university: appears at every cocktail party
consults with faculty: indecisive
doesn't suffer fools gladly: rude and abrasive
intensely interested in graduate education: hates teaching
intensely interested in undergraduate education: has ceased to do her
own scholarly work
internationally known: likes to go to or run conferences
listens well: has no ideas of his own
mover and shaker: doesn't care what anybody else thinks; favors
steamroller tactics
remarkably intelligent: listens without yawning when I describe my
latest article
straightforward: blunt and insensitive
very solid in his field: no administrative experience
visionary: can't handle paperwork
© 1995 Peter Langston